We had a good weekend of sailing and tinkering. Only one thing went wrong and that was the main halyard. Today putting up the new sail I managed to get it to the mast tip reasonably easily. This was surprising because the outer case of the spectra halyard had chafed completely through. So the sail went up ok but I had to tinker a little to get it back down with the case of the spectra trying to jam everything up getting it back down. All good in the end
The new racing main was designed and cut specifically for 'Charlene', unlike our cruising main. This new sail is 300mm longer in the luff and above 200mm in the foot, it has a shorter/smaller square-top than the cruising main but more roach. It also has full length battens where the cruising sail only has short length battens and is a crap cut/built sail to start with.
So finally we have our new racing mainsail ! It's delivery was well over-due but we have it now and it will be used in the St Helena Cup in October, 3th & 4th.
Now this sail is very bloody expensive and will only be taken out on race days, one so we can make it last a really long time; and two, because it's bloody huge and we wouldn't be able to handle it two-up.
The new racing main was designed and cut specifically for 'Charlene', unlike our cruising main. This new sail is 300mm longer in the luff and above 200mm in the foot, it has a shorter/smaller square-top than the cruising main but more roach. It also has full length battens where the cruising sail only has short length battens and is a crap cut/built sail to start with.
So finally we have our new racing mainsail ! It's delivery was well over-due but we have it now and it will be used in the St Helena Cup in October, 3th & 4th.
Now this sail is very bloody expensive and will only be taken out on race days, one so we can make it last a really long time; and two, because it's bloody huge and we wouldn't be able to handle it two-up.
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