What do you expect? Consider the weight of his
boom.
--
----
Steve
S/V Pony Express

"The_navigator©" wrote in
message
...
: Not enough twist. Tell him Doug!
:
: Cheers MC
:
: Simple Simon wrote:
:
: Full batten sails as pictured by Navigator are
: unreadable as far as set goes when it comes
: to light wind conditions.
:
: The battens hold the shape of the sail even if
: the angle of attack is wrong, even if the
draft
: is wrong, even if the twist is wrong, and even
: if the sail is hoisted upside-down.
:
: To learn how to properly trim a mainsail one
: must get a proper cruising mainsail such at
: that shown on my website.
:
: http://captneal.homestead.com/newsails.html
:
: One must pay attention to the tell-tales. Note
: how the two uppermost tell-tales on the leech
: in this picture
:
:
http://captneal.homestead.com/files/mainsail.jpg
:
: are backwinded. This is the correct way to do
it.
: If all tell-tales are streaming aft in light
winds
: then one is not sheeted in enough or one has
: the leech too slack. The upper two tell-tales
: are backwinded by the beginnings of the tip
: vortex which indicates max lift/drag for the
: light wind conditions.
:
: S.Simon
:
:
: