Jake. Picture is of a Tornado (obviously) with a Marstrøm mast, which are notorious for breaking under the new rig according to popular belief. Look at how far out the traveller is, then look at the twist in the mainsail and how much sheet is out. Amazing.. Granted Urban and Helmuth are lightweights, but I dont think I would dare to let out the mainsheet that far even with a sturdier mast. What do you think?
In hull flying conditions there's no way we would sheet out that much on the F18 (AL mast) or the I20 (Carbon mast) . Structural support issues aside, I wouldn't think that the main is properly trimmed that far out either.
