Out racing at our club yesterday in quite stong, gusty conditions (leading from the rear) and noticed that on a beat, other full rigs around me seem to have more curve in the leech - looking up that part of my sail appears flat, the battens seem very flat, with a vertical crease running down the sail just before the battens (from years of folding I guess)- its a pretty old sail I think. My question is, are the battens meant to have any curve in them, or be tensioned in the pockets to achieve a curve?
I've had the boat for about 6 weeks now but hadnt noticed this before, yesterday was the strongest winds I'd been out in. For info I was running with very little cunningham and double blocked on the beats (when I remembered!).
I've had the boat for about 6 weeks now but hadnt noticed this before, yesterday was the strongest winds I'd been out in. For info I was running with very little cunningham and double blocked on the beats (when I remembered!).