Chebacco Sailrite - Fraser Howell

Here is a picture of Itchy & Scratchy wearing her new Sailrite main.
This sail differs slightly from the stock sail. It is loose footed, with
an extra 6 in. round in the foot, the draft is slightly less, and the
maximum draft is slightly further forward. The sail sets well. The boat
tacks through 90 degrees, beats faster with less weather helm. The
sailrite kit was well assembled, and the directions were clear. The
thing went together in about 30 hours, almost all with a standard home
type sewing machine.

    The deepest draught is 8%, 30% aft. The previous sail had 6 hard
seasons. It was rarely reefed. max draft was increased quite a bit.
Windward ability was severely reduced.
    The weather helm is now greatly reduced. I go upwind with the board
fully down. The old sail needed about 10 degrees of weather helm, the
new one, 5 or less. Hit 9 mph on a broad reach by Garnin E trex.
maintained 7-7.5 in winds just shy of whitecaps.
    Glad you are keeping up the newsletter, it is still a good read.
cheers
Fraser Howell