lustyd
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Not sure what you're looking at, but it's not the photo in the first post.Cunningham ( downhaul) missing...
Not sure what you're looking at, but it's not the photo in the first post.Cunningham ( downhaul) missing...
Yes, agree not setup properly - was wondering if OP remembered to release the mainsheet and vang fully when hoisting, but also didn’t want to be disrespectful. Certainly tight on leech and slack on luff, which is a setting issue.Interesting reading all the posts ... but my main thought is that OP needs to actually rig the sail better .. ie tack to correct point ... tension that foot .... hoist and tension luff - basically get the sail hoisted better - as all I see in OP's photo is a sail casually hoisted to see if its right size ..
Not trying to be disrespectful to OP ..
Once tensioned up - then look at what's possibly wrong ...
He probably has, but it is not clear from your photo what the tack of the sail is like as there does not appear to be any way of attaching it to the boom fitting. He may well have followed the original sail area, but there could have been an advantage to increase that area given all the extra weight you have added to the boat. Not the end of the world. More important to get what you have set up properly.First time boat owner and I thought with the sail maker coming to measure he'd just do what's best.
Tack attachment needs to get the tack (and so luff) close to the mast such that if luff is stretched between halyard at top and tack attach at bottom then there is no outward load on the bolt rope or slugs. (slider) The long shackle I imagine would allow the tack to be pulled outwards (aft) by the pull of the out haul leaving bottom slug under tension. A similar story if you have the foot of the sail bolt rope in groove in boom. But I think modern fashion is to have foot loose. ol'willNot sure what's actually going on, but I used a long shackle to lift the tack a bit and the resulting movement killed the eyelets in the bottom mast sliders. So don't do that...
If it's tight to the mast it should be ok.. reefing typically results in a well raised tack point.
Lots of boats are designed with upwards sloping booms - particularly open series race boats to get more sail area by having a lower gooseneck.It looks like a bodge, but I’m sure it’ll work fine. Would have been nicer to make the boom level for a more normal look and sail shape but I can’t think of any technical reason a boom needs to be level, it’s just become the norm over time and so anything else looks a bit odd.