p.s. new Glaser main (white) and spin (orange) should be here today!!
PICTURES, or it didn't happen !
Wouter
Ok. no pics of the spin. I did put it up on the beach briefly to make sure the lines were done correctly but too much wind to take a pic of it. However, here is the new main.
Seems clearly a different cut than the Ullman, but you can't see it in the pic obviously. The head is bigger and it seems flatter. I did use 2 stiffer battens in #2 and 3 which definately made the top flatter (than the Ullman at least, I didn't try both sets of battens).
The sail seems very fast upwind. I was holding off a 2-up jav2 HT although they were pointing slightly higher than me. The downwind part needs to be investigated a little more. I think the sheeting angle looks good but my boat has two eyes - one a foot or so in front of the "standard" eyes near the chainplates. Matt had it set up with the rachets on the front for the Ullman spin I have. I used that for the new spin and although it looked right I think I need to try the aft ones. The spin is less sensitive than the Ullman. You have to be careful with the Ullman. A slight curl turns into a big one quickly. The Glaser is a little more forgiving. Another issue is the luff seemed too tight on the Glaser spin with the way I have the pole set for the ullman. Seemed to do better with letting the halyard down about 6-8 inches.
Sorry the pic is too big. I don't know how to dumb it down or I would have put it in the body.
P.s. when are they going to invent something better to make the windows out of? I actually had them reduce the size of the window from 3 panels to 2 because they always look like crap after a short while. Makes it hard to roll the sail solo too. Really nice when new but it already has a nice little crinkle crease.