Just to confuse the discussion, here is a list of the first 7 sails used in each fleet at the Nationals (one missing):

Place Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sailmaker
1 1790 Bee Alert Gary Maskiell GLYC Irwin
2 1781 Voo Doo Bob Wilson PMYC Carl Blitz
3 1789 Immunity Neil Joiner GLYC Irwin
4 1775 Karma Cat Tim Shepperd GLYC Goodall radial
5 1786 Grey Area Rob Lott LMYC Goodall crosscut
6 1752 Nautical Nuts Stuart Ridge BeYC Clifton
7 1733 Touch'n'Go Garry Johnstone LBYC Goodall radial



Place Sail No Boat Name Skipper From
1 1745 Two Obsessed Mick Floyd BeYC Horizon
2 1788 Atreus Warwick Kemp ASC Goodall Crosscut
3 1787 Try Again Peter Cobden CCSC Ashby
4 185 The Ancient Mariner Simon Hallsworth ASC Ashby
5 1765 Aldebaran V Phil Pearce ASC ???
6 1746 Hexham II Andrew Copland LVYC Goodall
7 1794 Loose Screws Phil Warren-Smith RYC Ashby


I was using my old Goodall Radial, but that was actually made by Chris Boag and is not what you would get from Goodall's now. The luff round above the hounds was adjusted by Lindsay Irwin to make it a Cat sail rather than a sloop sail. I really like this sail, but like I said, I don't think it's possible to just buy one like it.

I own an Irwin sail almost identical to the one Gary Maskiell was using at the Nationals, which I use nearly all the time. These two were made with a heavier material than you usually find on Mosquitos. The Irwin sails are now made with the same lighter material that most others are made from. This is the sail that Neil Joiner was using at the Nationals. Like all current designs they have tried to maximise the area up high.

From what I've seen, that new Irwin sail of Neil joiner's is the fastest there is. If I was buying a new sail that's what I would go for.