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Wouter, Scooby and all,

I was studying the posted pics,..thanks by the way, great shots,...and look at the top 4 sail panels in the USA pic,......there must be max downhaul to get the shape that way,....

...they are depowering the top 1/3rd of the sailplan to keep the Uni in balance upwind......not very efficient, don't you think?

..does the 18HT rule allow for a sail smaller than maximum s.a.?.....or is one committed to use max s.a. in all conditions?

...Scooby, Wouter and I know that, in this wind condition, the 18HT as a Uni would be full throttle with a high-wind designed sail,.........kinda wonder why thay are not, ( especially since C. Ogletree built one for me that is kick a__ screamin' sail)

regards,

Bruce
X-17
St. Croix

ps.,,,Go Caribbean team! Enrique and Jorge,...
.....I believe that they have very little time on a Uni,..but I could be wrong....


Studying the photo with the 2 usa boats too. You can't tell how much the top is twisting off from a side view. Also you can't tell how much bend to leeward there is from a side view. If that isn't a hollow cut into the leach between the battens then there is serious leech flutter though. looks like it's sailcut to me.
you can see that the mast rotation is pulled in pretty tight, it almost looks like the top of the sail is backwinding a bit up forward.
always enjoyable to see good shots of cats powered up.