Hi all,
I was wondering where the best places are to have tell tales, and what materials work best. In the past I have used wool, but that tends to stick to the sails a lot, so I was considering using thin slivers of spinnaker nylon.

I'm thinking of using one 1/3 and 2/3 up the LE of the jib, and one at 1/3 up about 1' (30cm) from the luff.
On the main I'd want to put them at 1/3 and 2/3 up the luff, just over 1' (40cm) from the mast and at 1/4 1/2 and 3/4 up the leach.
In stead of an expensive and fragile "windex" I was thinking of simply tying a slightly bigger strip to the forestay, where it joins to the bridle wires (to save me a lot of neck strain).

I have no idea how to stick the spinny nylon on the sails though, would some repair tape do the trick?

Any ideas on whether this sounds logical or not? I'm not worried about aesthetics, it's just got to work. (For insiders: In my NZ days people would have called my boat a "Maori boat", but these days that would probably not be PC!)

regards,
Dennis