Every one has had their two bob's worth......now its my go.
Its great to see you are having a go at spinnakers as i have made several now & believe I am qualified to offer some comments.
Making mainsails & jibs is not too hard, but spinnakers & particularly assymetrical spin on a cat is very testing. Anybody can make a spin, butvery few can make a "nice" spinnaker.
I agree with Rolf in that the sail is very fine in the front half of the sail & I have too fallen for this trap. But all the comments abou the shape distribution along the luff looks like the tension difference between the luff tape & the spin cloth when you stitched the sail up ( I too have done this.
Before you pull the sail apart try tensioning the luff line a litle to se if you can bring some "feel" back in the kite as tensioning the luff line will put some shape into the front half of the sail.
Becarefull puting some "darts" into the front of the sail as this will reduce any luff round that was there previously & hence you loose some sail area.
Where did you develope the sail shape & panels for your spinnaker?? I use prosail & find it very good, but the "flying" shape is very different to what you see on the boat screaming down hill.
I think your first effort reminds me of mine & your definitely heading down the right path.
Attached is a photo of a grasegal kite off my tornado & my home made kite. I know what are the differences are, can any of the mambers of the group have a go at evaluating the changes needed.??
