My mistake. I used chord incorrectly. I meant to say the depth is too
great meaning the sail needs to be outhauled more so it's flatter like
your wife's chest, you know.

S.Simon


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...
There's nothing wrong with the chord -that's determined by the boom and
roach silly!

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:

Wrong! the chord is too great. You're gonna stall the air over the
leeward side of the sail.


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...

Belly? That's draft silly and what's more it's in the right place!

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:


Way too much belly! It's better to flatten it more for light air.

The better racers know this. How come you don't?


S.Simon


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...


Yes, a kink indicates too much tension. but what are you going to do
about the draft?

http://community.webshots.com/album/56512277PHOvoD

Shows what a new main should look like in light airs.

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:



Forestay is very tight. I did not uphaul the sail very much because the
wind was so light that a slack luff was necessary. I tried uphauling it
more on a reach but the luff got sort of a kink in it instead of a nice
smooth curve. When I slacked off on the halyard tension the sail
shape smoothed out.

S.Simon - knows how to shape the sails on his own boat better
than some wannabe looking at pictures.


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...



You may need to pay attention to forestay tension because the draft is
way back for an unstretched new sail. Either that or it's cut badly..

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:



What's the reason for the black line on the jib?

http://captneal.homestead.com/files/jib.jpg