Sorry for the lateness and the format. Had manor dramas getting a copy of the results. Should be able to work it out if your interested. A better copy and report will be posted on Australian f16 website soon.
Seems that one single handlers managed to mingle with the doubles. Was there a big difference in finishing time between the first doubles and first unis?
Really, from what I see with one exception (which included 3 DNCs) There is no mixing in the final results. 1-> 5 double handers, 6->10 single handers. Tony and Emile both managed to buck the trend a couple of times, but generally it was two seperate fleets. I agree though finishing times would be helpfull.
Yes it's an older mylar main I believe. Not cheap but much much stiffer (and less forgiving) then the Pentex.
There would be more around except for the price and the fact that most get destroyed long before their time by crew falling into the mainsail during capsize. The pentex are cheaper but even less durable especially with the size and shape of the window these days.
Originally Posted by Scarecrow
Whose boat is 403? How do you like the sail? I've been talking to Glenn about using the same cloth on a mozzie main.
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in my experience, half the cost of the sail is labor. Take a crosscut main- the number of seams is MUCH less than a radial cut. New fabric with a laminate which is designed for cross cut will cut labor costs.... provided one can get the shape desired... A cat mains are going this way and it is a great development.
The crosscut cloth costs basically twice as much to comparable radial cloth. So it evens out really. I sometimes wonder tho. A good sail maker can stick up a radial sail pretty quick.
I really like the pentex maxx. Nice to work with and nice to use on the boat.
Maxx does seem a bit more durable than the radial varieties. It's a bit more crush resistant. However Crushing mostly occurs during transport and putting the sail up and down so if your careful it doesn't matter.
The thing i like about maxx is that it seems a bit easier to trim. If your sailing a boat where the helm trims the main it makes life a bit easier.
There is another cloth called Flex which is also worth looking at. I expect it to be much the same.
Maxx is made by Contender. Flex by Dimenion Polyant.
Maxx was the "original" cloth, Flex is the competing product.
In my experience Maxx stretch a bit under load. Depending on cloth, layout and reinforcement of course. Lifetime was the same for our Maxx Pentex and radial Pentex sails.
Interesting note on lifespan. Since the original cloths (Maxx and Flex) Contender have released a mainsail specific cloth with a very asymetric fibre layout.
The problem with it after doing more research is it appears to a little heavy with the lightest cloth being 4.9 oz.
Contender also supply a stiff Pentex tape to be used for luff reinforcement.
Our Maxx sails was lighter than radial sail. Not by much though. For ease of build and smooth surface when set Maxx was really good. Fewer seams and less work.
