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• Sailing without a main and headstay sag
  • That's puzzling
    • Re: That's puzzling -or does the boat have a fractional rig? so the top of the mast can bend forward
      • Fractional rig
        • I think that's not exactly so.
          • Re: I think that's not exactly so.
  • Wire stretch?
  • Re: Sailing without a main and headstay sag response to comments
    • Did you learn anything from the surveyor, Neil?
      • Re: Did you learn anything from the surveyor, Neil?
        • Deck stepped or keel stepped?
          • How much of a kink?
            • Re: How much of a kink? The kink was hidden by the mast boot . . .
        • Few masts are straight.
          • 1800#'s doesn't seem that much to me to really flatten the sail. (860 Kilograms)
            • Our boat has a lot more to flatten the 100% jib.
              • Of course, not in this apparent wind situation :^)))
            • Don't know Malvina.
              • I think that's Neil's boat
                • Love the spinnaker.
  • Re: Sailing without a main and headstay sag
    • Re: Sailing without a main and headstay sag
      • Re: Sailing without a main and headstay sag / Did you check
        • Re: Sailing without a main and headstay sag / Did you check
  • Be careful sailing with big jib and no main.
    • Re: Be careful sailing with big jib and no main.
    • makes sense to me
    • Re: Be careful sailing with big jib and no main.
      • Your ketch has a shorter mast than a sloop, eh?
    • Should clarify.
  • Re: Sailing without a main and headstay sag . . . thermal expansion?
    • Decimal Place Issues
    • Decimal place
      • Aside from other issues...
        • Re: Aside from other issues... -- good points