Hi All,
Some of you may remember my posts last year asking about a main I thought didn't fit my boat. I put up the original main (yep, 35 years old), measured the luff and the foot. Laid out the full batten main in the front yard and measured it, exactly the same. BUT, here's what I saw on the ground that I did not see on the boom. The bottom of the foot where the slides are is NOT straight. The seam of the foot is straight with this arched bottom where the slides are, which can't help but have a "pocket" looking effect when you raise the sail, (the extra material hanging around on the boom that I was seeing). Any ideas what this is?
Dave
Some of you may remember my posts last year asking about a main I thought didn't fit my boat. I put up the original main (yep, 35 years old), measured the luff and the foot. Laid out the full batten main in the front yard and measured it, exactly the same. BUT, here's what I saw on the ground that I did not see on the boom. The bottom of the foot where the slides are is NOT straight. The seam of the foot is straight with this arched bottom where the slides are, which can't help but have a "pocket" looking effect when you raise the sail, (the extra material hanging around on the boom that I was seeing). Any ideas what this is?
Dave
