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* Use light sails, different materials in the sails can differ several kg! For example the MAXX sails are quite heavy since they are strong in all directions compared to "normal" cloth.

/håkan [/quote]

The MAXX sails are considerably lighter than normal panel sails. The is achieved by less seams and more aligned load paths for the panels. The whole idea of a MAXX sail is to reduce weight!!

The MAXX Mainsail on the Taipan is 2.3kgs lighter than the same sized panel sail!

On the big boats the Medium jib on a Sydney 38 is 4.7kgs lighter than a panel sail (but a 3DL is 1.9kgs lighter than the MAXX)