Eric Olander wrote:I've decided to delay my purchase of a canopy and use the money to buy a mainsail. I haven't one at the moment and after almost a year of ownership I have never sailed my boat. WTF?! Time just slips by so quickly!
The W28 mainsail dimensions I copied from Aarons thread are as follows;
Luff 38' 3"
leech 15' 10"
foot 40' 6"
I seem to remember reading about reducing the foot for better balance or something like that so I'm wondering if W28 owners have, over time, found different sail dimensions to work better.
Should I have the sail people recut the sail to different size or go with the dimensions listed here? Any other suggestions such as battens, cars, etc? I'm determined to sail (not motor) to the Chesapeake rendezvous in September, but I know nothing about sails. Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks, Eric
W28 Clementine
and yes the foot is the short one the luff is the one on the front. and the leech is the backside measurement.
Easy way to remember: "foot" is always on the bottom and you "leech" (latch on to a sails back side to "flake" it, or if you have a "clew" you haul it out on the "boom") leaving the "luff" up front. You also "tack" down the front of the "foot" so as not to have the sail go up the mast lifted by it's "head".
Kind of works+/- and people who have no Idea, some how seam to be able to tolerate me.
Just a point of view.
Are you able to do allot of sailing? (you noted you were a liveaboard) remember you need a main sail cover just like the canvas work but smaller to protect the sail when it is down which is more boat bucks. What shape is the running rigging in ? I assume the boat is setup with all of the correct winches +/- ?
almost Lastly: if you keep the liveaboard boat in sailing condition, with less than one hour of work to get her sailing, then you are cruising form a single location right? (just a Thought).
One more: (Sailing) and (arriving some where "intended" on a schedule) are mutually exclusive 90% of the time. On the other hand if you have lots of time, a good book, some rope work, and some sun screen or foulies, sailing is great! Motoring is not all that bad, Heck it seams 50% of the rendezvous I have attended were by folk who left their boat at their dock (with or without sails).
