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Gestalt said..









Yep. I run simmer too. VMAX.

Is less of a tell tale with full cam race sails as they tend to be designed with higher skin tension and can take more downhaul.

I always fine tune the sail after using the dims on the bag first. Then i look to the battens along the leach to fine tune the twist. Regardless of brand there should be a point where the sail opens up and has an even fall away. If the batten ends are up and down unevenly further up the leach I look at the battens tension. in general the batten I pointed out to sue closer to the boom is a sign of to much downhaul. That's part of the draft so I still want some shape there for general confitions. Unless it's nuking and I'm out of control at which point I'm rigging smaller

Gestalt said..
Hey Sue,

is the downhaul to spec because it looks a touch over downhauled to me.
when the third batten falls away more than the 2nd batten and 4th that's a sign there is too much downhaul. Could just be the way the sail is sitting on the grass in the pic.

as a tip. When you hold the sail up by the clew, the battens should evenly fall away from the boom to the head. Ie. more as the leach progresses towards the head. Batten tension will also effect this so you may need to tweak batten tension further but I find downhaul has a bigger effect at how the third batten falls away on most race sails. For me, a 100+kg guy your sail looks like it's a touch beyond max.