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I had been chatting with my friend Grant from Doyle sails about my main and its shape (looks stretched). Grant said the best way to determine what was going on and if there was an easy fix would be to get out for a sail. So today Grant and Brad from Doyle along with my buddy Jim and I took Rose Lee out for the afternoon. They started off by checking out the mast tuning, which was a little off and needed to be brought back a bit at the top. We had pretty light conditions but eventually found enough breeze to fill the sails and get a good look. Well it turns out I,m not crazy and my main needs some attention, Brad actually feels that this main was a replacement cut from a much larger jib. Grant and Brad are going to re-cut it it removing a lot of the extra material in the center (it wont be perfect but will get me by for a few more seasons until I replace it with a new one). With the work out of the way we were able to enjoy a nice sail back with some good conversation. What a great bunch of guys to spend the afternoon with and I also learned a few trick about maximizing my sail shape. At the end of the season I will drop my main off at Doyle and they will fix it up as best they can for next season.
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