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Old 08-28-2007
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Originally Posted by SEMIJim View Post
How can you tell the main is getting back-winded?
You can see the wind pushing the 'bag' of the sail in at the luff. Sort of looks like someone standing at your mast and punching in on the back of the sail with their hand up and down the luff.

They key is that every boat is different, you may sail faster without backwinding like that, my boat loves it.

Last edited by tenuki : 08-28-2007 at 10:15 AM.
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