New Sails

Alison went to pick up the new sails yesterday. The new No 2 is just a bit smaller than our current Jib and the new No 1 is bigger, to match the new main. We put the new gaff against the head of the sail. Good news - the gaff is long enough! Less good news:

• the new gaff is a bit wobbly in terms of uniform straightness, as I finish smoothing it to round that should improve slightly. Don't think it will look weird from a distance.
• The taper should probably be asymmetric to give one straight edge at the bottom - something to remember when I make the proper one, and more impetus to not put up indefinitely with the prototype
• As Moray says on his website, a high peak leaves little room for the throat halyard.

When Moray made the saddle in 2008, he made it to his high peak design, but didn't put the loop on the saddle to take the halyard. We'll have to see on the boat if we can make this arrangement work, the peak looks very high, even higher than I was expecting.

Mark had forgotten to put the sail numbers on. He did it on the spot and Alison got to help, which was fun. I'm sure we'll get used to the colour.