"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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| CM,
|
| I'm not arguing. Don't have enough experience yet with the free footed
| sail. I've just been mentioning some of the differences I've found and
| most of them I like.
|
| I'll be able to talk better when I've made up a performance curve using
| the new main. So far it has shown itself to be a very good light air
| sail.

Yeah... I can't find anything bad about it in heavy air either. Then again
I'm not racing and I've never even entertained the idea of a performance
curve. I have found that easing up on the outhaul to belly the main seems to
make it less prone to an accidental gybe when wing on wing.

CM