This is the next in our technical series on your multihull’s sailplan. If, as we saw in the previous edition, choosing a mainsail comes down to the size of the roach and selecting the right sailcloth, for headsails, things get a bit more complicated!
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Published on 16/12/2016
By
François Trégouët
Issue:
137
Published:
Sep.
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Oct.
2014
Are there so many combinations that the possibilities seem endless? Everyone is giving you different advice? Stop! In order to simplify the subject a little, and even though they complement each other, let’s start by separating upwind and downwind sails. And let’s have a go at solving the first part of the equation.
This mainsail is very practical. You hoist it when you set off, you drop it when you arrive, and at worst, you have had to take in one or more reefs and then let them out again. But up forward, you remember all too well from your youth, the waves crashing…
