Does anyone know why a sail would be cut such that the angle at the gooseneck is greater than 90 degrees? I had a rigging survey performed recently on my CD26, and this was one observation made. The surveyor noted that he had seen this same problem once before--on another CD, a 25. The surveyor also noted that the sail cannot simply have a wedge-shaped piece removed along the foot because the reefing points follow the same downward angle.
So, I'm left with the decision of whether to live with the decreased headroom in the cockpit, or buy a new mainsail. Does anyone have any suggestions on finding a good used mainsail? (I've already checked with Bacon's in Annapolis).
dbartram@hunton.com
Sail problem/New sail
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Carl Jones
Re: Sail problem/New sail
Darin,Darin Bartram wrote: Does anyone know why a sail would be cut such that the angle at the gooseneck is greater than 90 degrees? I had a rigging survey performed recently on my CD26, and this was one observation made. The surveyor noted that he had seen this same problem once before--on another CD, a 25. The surveyor also noted that the sail cannot simply have a wedge-shaped piece removed along the foot because the reefing points follow the same downward angle.
So, I'm left with the decision of whether to live with the decreased headroom in the cockpit, or buy a new mainsail. Does anyone have any suggestions on finding a good used mainsail? (I've already checked with Bacon's in Annapolis).
Don't give up the ship. As I recall, when I had the wedge cut out of my sail, the sailmaker also put in new reefing points parallel with the new foot. That's all you have to do. You will have a few extra holes in your sail, but you can say that's your handicap!
Good Luck,
Carl Jones
CD 30 "Spanish Eyes"
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Ryan Turner
Re: Sail problem/New sail
I had the same problem with my CD33. It turned out that the bolt rope had shrunk on my main sail over time. The sail maker simply stretched and restitched the bolt rope and the sail became square again. Maybe you could ask a sail maker about this.
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Dana
Re: Sail problem/New sail
Darin,
I can give an example of when.....
My CD26 has a Horizon Spectra 2000 main....is the orginal standard CD mainsail offered with the boat. It has a light wind sail "shelf" built into the full length of the bottom foot. There are grommets at the luff and leech (about 8 inches up from the foot) which are NOT reefing points. They are the "normal air" foot points for the sail.
The extra shelf material allows more camber in the mainsail for light wind. For this full body sail, I think a slight longer leech length is necessary. The normal position flattens the sail and should also appear to raise the boom It was more interesting that CD did not give anyone (myself included) any of the equipment or hardware necessary to use this feature of the sail. Thus everyone ended up with what they think is a baggy sail. BTW.....Horizon Sails was bought by North Sails for their computer design technology.
darenius@aol.com
I can give an example of when.....
My CD26 has a Horizon Spectra 2000 main....is the orginal standard CD mainsail offered with the boat. It has a light wind sail "shelf" built into the full length of the bottom foot. There are grommets at the luff and leech (about 8 inches up from the foot) which are NOT reefing points. They are the "normal air" foot points for the sail.
The extra shelf material allows more camber in the mainsail for light wind. For this full body sail, I think a slight longer leech length is necessary. The normal position flattens the sail and should also appear to raise the boom It was more interesting that CD did not give anyone (myself included) any of the equipment or hardware necessary to use this feature of the sail. Thus everyone ended up with what they think is a baggy sail. BTW.....Horizon Sails was bought by North Sails for their computer design technology.
darenius@aol.com
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sam
agree
I agree with carl. I'd be very suprised if a good sail maker could not fix the sail and for not much money at that. Could be a stretched out leech. You'd be surprised at what a good sail maker can do. Johnson Sails in Clearwater Fl is good and honest based on my experience. Probably most big ones are. I did find a small one who was more interested in selling me a new sail than fixing an old one. "this sail won't last another year' That was 6 years ago. Johnson said it would last; they were right.