I purchased a new main this year and got to try it out this past weekend in both light air and medium air. It worked great!! It was built by UK/Allan of Annapolis and is a 2 plus 2. That is, it has two full battens at the uppers and two extra long battens on the lowers. It performed just like I was told it would. If I'm not mistaken I was able to get a little tighter to the wind too. Maybe it was my imagination, only time will tell. Weather hellm has been a way of life aboard my 36. I've sailed over 13,000 miles in all kinds of conditions and weather helm in heavy air is always there to some degree.
Anyway, I LOVE MY NEW MAIN!!!!!
hatter11@erols.com
new main
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