[Public-List] Loose-footed mainsail

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Don
It is my understanding from the Cheasapeke association that full batton
sails are legal. I am sure the association will confirm this.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380


> Hi  Ed:
>         I am very pleased to hear that you are getting a new sail as a
> cruiser. It should happen more often!

>     I do not see any major advantage for a loose footed sail for any
> point of sail with an Alberg 30. If you order a sail with the draft
> placement and depth specified for a bolt rope fit, you can easily avoid
> any shelf or draft aft to begin with. Perhaps you will get a bit more
> power off the bottom of the sail with more curve lower on the sail but
> that would be the only place to gain. If you go with full battens, you
> will get nearly the same sail shape. If you do get one, the depreciation
> rate is extremely high the first time out because it cannot be sold to
> an Alberg owner for anything but a cruising sail, since it is not
> acceptable to either the Canadian or American race fleet.
>
> Don
>
> edward schroeder wrote:
>> The "Emotional Rescue #303, has a sliding track on the mast for the the
>> gooseneck and a boom with the usual groove for the mainsail foot bolt
>> rope. We are ordering a new mainsail and all of the sailmakers
>> interviewed are proposing a loose-footed mainsail and a cunningham.
>>
>> Has anybodies Alberg 30 got a loose-footed mainsail and, if so, are you
>> satisfied? Do you tighten the outhaul from the aft end of the boom or
>> have you rigged a system to tighten the sail from the mast end?
>>
>> With a sliding track on the mast for the gooseneck, with a downhaul, I
>> see no use for a cunningham, especially since we don't race. Does
>> anybody have a different opinion?
>>
>> Thanks, Ed Schroeder
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