[Rhodes22-list] Mast Bending & PHRF Rating
R.G. Smith
rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:44:27 -0400
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< Bullshit! To the best of my knowledge, there isn't a single
performance oriented sailboat racing class that prefers to use loose
footed mainsails. I don't know why Doyle has made this marketing
decision. Fortunately, there are plenty of other choices of sailmakers
& I would run, not walk, away from this idiot at Doyle. >
My feeling exactly. I went to Doyle only beacuse they are building
sails for GB.
On the other hand... one must wonder about their contentions because
catamarans and Lasers use loose footed mains so there must/might be
something to it. I refer to draft control, such construction would seem
to have no effect on the life of the sail.
I do intend to go with the 2 full upper battens and the partial lower
battens. When I owned a Hobie16 full batten main and jib) I hated
tieing draft into the sail via batten tension. Not to mention the
hassel of hoisting .
Richard Smith
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that prefers to use loose footed mainsails. I don't know why Doyle =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN =
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color=3D#0000ff>My feeling exactly. I went to Doyle only =
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color=3D#0000ff>On the other hand... one must wonder about their=20
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color=3D#0000ff>I do intend to go with the 2 full upper battens and the =
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lower battens. When I owned a Hobie16 full batten main =
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jib) I hated tieing draft into the sail via batten =
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