Hi Tony

One of the problems with Clifton sails is that the bolt rope extends right to the bottom of the sail. If you check out other sail makers (eg Goodall), you'll notice that the rope stops some 150mm or so from the "bottom clew", allowing the sail to scrunch up with more cunningham.

If you take it to someone like Allegaytor sails, they will fix.

We've had a couple of sails like this at Barmera. As you have found out, the Clifton sails don't allow enough downhaul to be applied.

Cheers

Steve