After persevering with the old 6:1 ratio on my relatively new mylar sail and seeing a club rival become immediately more competitive with an 8:1 ratio with an old dacron sail I thought I'd bite the bullet and try it out. Thanks to Gary Maskiel for indicating that I should use at least 8:1 with a mylar mainsail. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

So far I haven't been any slower but conditions haven't been ideal with it either being too windy and breaking a chainplate <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />(see VMCA website) or too light with 270 degree windshifts and drifting in doldrums. Also setup problems with not removing some old blocks and restricted downhaul block to block <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Has anybody else had similar experiences ? I'm keen to get some feedback.

Regards,

Peter