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Originally Posted by Franziska
Hi,
my boat has a double mainsheet system.
Usually it works wonderfully to control sailtwist on the main.
Still, yesterday I was puzzled by a strange S-Shape in the battens aft.
Happens upwind.
Rig is toprig without spreaders.
Do not think it's a result of the genoa blowing into the main.
Anyone got an idea why this happens and what remedies might work?
Will try with more luff tension and more batten compression tomorrow.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Franziska
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Well, I know this is an older thread, but I had forgotten about it till I was messing around with my full-battened main and
genoa a couple weeks ago. I could definitely get the S to form (exactly as shown in photo) when the genoa was backwinding the main while going as high as possible in under 10 knots of
wind. Let the genoa out a bit and S disappeared. More
wind, more luff tension, no S. Sorry I shoulda taken pics. Next time.