Sail Trial

The new genoa jib flies for the first time!

After waiting a few weeks for a combination of no rain and sufficient wind, the sexy new North Sails jib was finally hoisted Wednesday for a trial run. The new sail has a much lower clew than the old one and did not trim all the way in upwind before the sheets ran into the turning blocks. The forestay has now been tightened up about an inch to reduce rake (with corresponding changes to the shrouds) so we'll have to see if that takes care of things by raising the clew height just slightly. Once dialed in, the new sail should be awesome!