[Public-List] New mainsail...
Michael Devonshire
Devonshire at jhpokorny.com
Sun Jun 23 10:32:44 PDT 2019
Gordon, as a “newbie” here, can you give me a hint about how to tell if/when a mating is bagged?
Thanks
Mike D
Pickle 619
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 23, 2019, at 11:55 AM, Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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> Hello Gang,
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> I must be becoming an adult…
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> Last year I bit the bullet and bought a new genoa. A new sail is a wonderful thing, but sadly I didn’t notice much of a change in SURPRISE’s performance. Silly me, I realized later that our main was long past the blush of youth and it’s the main getting bagged out that leads to heavy helm, and that leads to a slow boat upwind.
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> So this spring I ordered a new main. Now I’ve got a one year old genny and a brand new main. I’ve finally broken the silly schedule I was on where I always had one old sail and one new one. We bent the main on last night… can’t wait to take it out for its first sail.
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> A new sail is truly a wonderful thing…
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> Gordon Laco
> #426 Surprise
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> PS - I can’t remember how many times I’ve been told by A30 sailors that our boats have mains that are too big, and that is why their boats are heavy on the helm. I met one fellow who told me he was using an old Dragon main and he figured THAT, with it’s short foot, was a better sail. No, no no. The reason for heavy helm is either simply slack outhauls, incorrect mast rake, or bagged a bagged out mainsail that needs to be replaced. There’s no reason why an A30 shouldn’t be sweet-sailing with light helm…
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