All about sailboat-sailsMy passion and love for sailing started with racing small sailing dingies (and I still love to spend a day in a Laser!) before graduating to larger racing and cruising yachts. The Secrets to Keeping Your Sails in Good Condition Sails are the engine and power house of any sailing yacht. In many cases they are badly cared and looked after. Sails now come in a wide variety of designs, materials and construction techniques. They come stitched or even glued and the technology is ever evolving and improving. Things You Need to Know About Looking After Your Sails The secret to looking after sailboat-sails is making frequent inspections of your sails. You should always carefully survey your sails rigging and look for potential failure areas Of most importance in getting the best performance from sails is understanding how they are designed, how they are properly used in combination with each other, and also the proper use of various sail controls to achieve best shape. This means correct setting outhauls, cunninghams, boom vangs, sheets and halyards. Things You Need to Know About Using Your Sailboat Sails Things You Need to Know About Using Your Sailboat Sails There are several important things you need to know and understand about sail boat sails. 1. Hoisting and setting your mainsail, including the use of in-boom and in-mast furling systems 2. Hoisting and setting your genoa, as well as all about furling gear. They look so simple however when they go wrong, the realy go wrong! 3. Hoisting and setting your spinnaker or gennaker 4. Sail Trim. Trimming your sails for optimum performance and boat speed. 5. Reefing of genoa and mainsails. 6. Using sails in various sailing scenarios. 7. Sail Care, and sail maintenance.
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