New Square Top Main

[44'cruisingcat]

Fitting, had to make new battens then fit them.




Under sail:



So far, pretty impressed. Seems to be very forgiving in terms of trim, very easy to keep the leech open in light wind, great drive out of tacks.

Have only had very light breeze, and very shifty, so haven't really tried pointing as high as possible. Sails nicely at 30' AWA though.


(I fully realise new sails were a waste of money, given that we motor 4000% of the time, but they look nice, don't they?)

[Cheechako]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Fitting, had to make new battens then fit them.




Under sail:



So far, pretty impressed. Seems to be very forgiving in terms of trim, very easy to keep the leech open in light wind, great drive out of tacks.

Have only had very light breeze, and very shifty, so haven't really tried pointing as high as possible. Sails nicely at 30' AWA though.


(I fully realise new sails were a waste of money, given that we motor 4000% of the time, but they look nice, don't they?)

Haha, soo true. Looks nice though.

[Iaangus]

And judging by your waterline on your port hull it looks like you are about to flip, better off just motoring in big seas like that.

Just kidding but I figured it's bound to come up.

Looks great, have fun.

[smj]

Looks great, both the main and the boat.

[solarbri]

It does look cool. Especially the orange fire looking stuff in your wake. Looks FAST!!!


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[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by solarbri

It does look cool. Especially the orange fire looking stuff in your wake. Looks FAST!!!


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That's the motors at 57,000,000%!

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by Iaangus

And judging by your waterline on your port hull it looks like you are about to flip, better off just motoring in big seas like that.

Just kidding but I figured it's bound to come up.

Looks great, have fun.

Already flipped, we were coming up for another one. The fully gimballed interior works great. Flip at least 50 times a mile and never even notice it.

[monte]

Really Nice looking main. How old were the old sails? Out of shape or just wanted a bit more zip?

[HappyMdRSailor]

Originally Posted by solarbri

It does look cool. Especially the orange fire looking stuff in your wake. Looks FAST!!!
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HA!!! Good stuff...

Lookin' very nice 44CC!

[paxfish]

Nice sail! Tell us about the "making up of new battens." Did you lay them up yourself?

Thanks,

[SVNeko]

Git cher foot off the bloody new sail!

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by monte

Really Nice looking main. How old were the old sails? Out of shape or just wanted a bit more zip?

Sails were 6 years old, but had done 27,000 miles. Jib was stretched a bit, getting hooked in the leech, and bits starting to fall off the main. A seam had split at the second reef point too.

Could probably have gotten a couple more years out of them, but getting these fully battened mains on and off is a big hassle, so decided I'd rather just bite the bullet and only have to do it the once (hopefully) for another 6 + years.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by paxfish

Nice sail! Tell us about the "making up of new battens." Did you lay them up yourself?

Thanks,

Thanks!

No, I had to make (cut from a coil of fibreglass batten) a new bottom batten as it was longer than any of the battens in the old sail, then move all the others up one slot, which meant measuring and cutting them all to length. Also this sail has one additional batten.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by SVNeko

Git cher foot off the bloody new sail!

Yeah, can't get good help these days!

Actually you can, the guys were great, it would have been a hell of a job for one bloke. All 3 of us were pretty stuffed at the end of the day.

[atoll]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Fitting, had to make new battens then fit them.




Under sail:



So far, pretty impressed. Seems to be very forgiving in terms of trim, very easy to keep the leech open in light wind, great drive out of tacks.

Have only had very light breeze, and very shifty, so haven't really tried pointing as high as possible. Sails nicely at 30' AWA though.


(I fully realise new sails were a waste of money, given that we motor 4000% of the time, but they look nice, don't they?)

very nice
now you have no excuse not to go sailing