Hello
I'm in the process of
buying a L380 from 2004. The
boat has a few things I'd like to change and one of the biggest is the
mast. It's currently got an inmast
furling mainsail which does not
work properly (according to the
current owner it jams in the upper part of the mast). Becaus of the he left the furled
mainsail in the
mast and bought a conventional mainsail with is running on nylon slides (no roller bearings) and which is not full battened. (see picture)
I dislike in mast
furling mainsails and would prefer a fully battened square top main sail with roller bearing batten cars.
Now I am considering a few options:
1. Remove the furling sail and hopefully also the furling stuff inside the mast and adapt the mast (bolt on a new track für roller bearing cars - if that's possible with the opening for the old sail next to the track) and buy a new proper mainsail
2. replace the mast with a conventional mast - maybe the original one from
Lagoon.
3. Like 2 but with a slightly taller mast to be able to carry more
sails in low winds. (I did that with a
monohull many years ago and was very pleased with that decision. One can alway reduce sail area in strong winds but not extend beyond what the mast allows in calm waether)
Any opinions on my thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Best regards
Jan