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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 |
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