After some great support from the sailmakers at Doyle the mainsail is really starting to look good. The problem seems to have been matching of the luff curve between the mast and sail. Before we started adjusting the luff curve on the main we decided to have a go at the rig. From day one I really hadn't been happy with the mast prebend and curvature on the lower half. Even with the lowers all the way out, it wasn't enough to induce mast bend. After discussing with Glenn at Hansen Rigging, we simply added a toggle to the lowers to extend them an extra inch and a half and see the results. We went from a pretty straight mast section to a nice even curve.
Loading the main really showed the difference. The initial wrinkle coming from the full size bottom batten disappeared by better matching the mast bend to the luff curve. A quick sail and a little tunning had us looking really good.
A bit more work to be done to figure out the various rig settings for a range of conditions, but looks like the main is good to go. We took it out for the Oakland YC Wednesday night races and it took us to a win and a gun. Nice debut!
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