Baggy mainsail question

[Captain Red]

I recently purchased a new mainsail and once raised the luff looks baggy and it gets baggier in higher winds. I don't have a downhaul or cunningham on my rig and it's raised as far as it will go. Is there something that I should be doing differently when setting the sail? Should I care? Was the sail simply cut too long for my rig?

[thomm225]

It might just be too long in the luff if you don't have a floating goose neck and it's all the way up.

[Mariano]

Cut too long on the luff. You have two solutions: send it back to the sailmaker or use a cunningham. Guess it's way less expensive to rig a cunningham, but as the sail is used the luff is going to strecht . It's allways better to have it cut several inchs short.

Fair winds

Mariano

[Captain Red]

Thanks both - the goose neck is fixed. I'm going back to Quantum and see what they can do.

[Sailmonkey]

Originally Posted by Captain Red

Thanks both - the goose neck is fixed. I'm going back to Quantum and see what they can do.

Good call, that is only going to get worse.

[Kestrahl]

If they were the ones who measured it then they should fix it at their cost.