Mainsails
The mainsail is generally used more than any other sail aboard a boat. Great
care is taken with the design, choice of material and the construction of the
sail, please see New Sails or call to discuss with us what would be best for
you.
Design features we incorporate into all our battened mainsails are:
- Designed using computers and the latest software finished by hand.
- Cross cut to reduce stretch by laying the major thread line along the heaviest load lines.
- Layered reinforcing at the head, tack and clew areas.
- Double tape luff for strength and ease of handling.
- Pre-stretched terylene rope in foot.
- Fiberglass battens in pockets fitted onto patches and not directly onto the sail.
- Reef points incorporating anti-stretch tape and layered reinforcing at luff and leech thereby minimising distortion across the sail.
- Seams shaped and sewn with U.V. thread.
- Leech line with cleats and insignia are standard.
- Options for cloth and stitching upgrades.
Cruising Mainsail
The lens foot is an optional extra and is a very practical alternative to a flattening reef. The clew outhaul is used to control the lens, it is tightened when on the wind and released when off the wind. The boom remains level at all times, only the sail shape changes.
Fully Battened Mainsail
Choice of different hardware systems available.
Pressure bearing slides at each batten, batten tensioners at luff and end caps
at the leech to protect the sail.
The Performance Mainsail
The Performance Mainsail comes with a full length top batten to provide a
positive roach as with the fully battened main.
The bottom three extra long battens are aerodynamically placed parallel to the
foot of the sail which results in less wind resistance over the sail and also
allows the sail to fall neatly between lazyjacks onto the boom or stackpack boom
cover.
Furling Mainsail
We work with the manufacturers of various reefing systems to ensure a sail
that sets efficiently whether fully set or partly furled.
Mono-filament polypropylene luff rope is fitted to suit the particular furling
gear specification. UV protective cover fitted to each side of the clew area. A
clew block integral in the sail is fitted as standard.
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