I've got a redhead sails main and after some tests of the standard Taipan main compared very favorably against other standard Taipan mains (thanks to the Aussies doing the tests). I chose the F16 cut for my main and that worked out very very well, it behaves just as intended and scared the daylights out of the skipper. The bloody thing just spurts forward with guts and hardly heels. Steady wind topspeed is about the same but guts response is superior. In my opinion, just where you want it.

I payed 1600 Aus$ (about 1200 US ?)including a full set of battens and a extra of 3 battens to flatten of the sail on top for solo sailing. My main is a 155 kg crewweight doublehander main.

Ian Marcovitch

redhead@acay.com.au

They also do stuff for Bundock and Forbes Tornado

Wouter