ALUMINUM Sailboat Pt 19 - Choosing SAILS | Sail Loft Tour
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As the build of our new custom aluminum Enksail Orion 49 progresses, it’s time to choose the sails! We visit the local sail loft to sit down with the designer and go over our choices and his recommendations. We also discuss high tech fabrics and the dynamics of in-mast furling and reef points. We conclude our visit with a tour of this modern sail loft.
00:00 Intro
00:47 Double Headsail plans
02:58 Mailsail design
03:44 Rig data P E J dimensions
04:13 Furling Mailsail design
04:42 Vertical battens
06:01 How to reef a furling mainsail
07:39 Reefing a mainsail to a Storm trysail
09:13 Tour of the Sail Loft at UK
10:38 Storm jib on anti-torsion cable
12:40 Dyneema mainsail stitched together by master sailmaker
14:51 Coming up next
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