Racing sail : mainsail
Haarstick
fast main that trims easily and predictably. A sail that
will respond to the available trimming tools throughout
its full wind range is our top priority. This goal is realized
via our proprietary design and CAD program, and our
Gerber cutter. This system, developed in house fully
optimizes every seam curve, luff curve, foot curve and
roach offset – right down to infinitesimal fabric stretch
corrections. This makes for a sail that is as fast in 5 knots
as it is in 25 knots!
Durability: To make the best, most durable sails, you
have to use the best sailcloth. But you can’t tell what
cloth is good by just looking at it, or by “feel”, as the
“old-timers” used to do, you have to test it. Our testing
program began in the sixties, and has continued ever
since. We believe that we test every batch of upwind cloth
with the most thorough and rigorous testing procedures
in the sailmaking business. We not only test cloth when it
is new, but we severely “beat” it up with our proprietary
IMPACT FLUTTER testing program, and retest the
cloth. The loss of strength after our Impact Flutter test is
quite amazing, and the results of this test determine the
durability of the cloth, and, most importantly, if we will
accept the cloth and have it shipped to us. Over the years,
this fabric research program has generated an enormous
amount of data on all kinds of sailcloth. No loft tests
sailcloth like we do. No other loft uses a test procedure
as severe as our unique “Impact Flutter” test. This
benefits every sail we make, race or cruise, working sail
or spinnaker.
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31' 10"ft
