Hi Guys,
Yesterday I installed a topping lift. Pretty exciting and it worked really well, but I have one question:
The line does not completely stay out of the way of the sail - as in, it runs along side a good portion of it. Given the angle from tip of mast to the end of the boom, I'm not sure how to avoid this. It LOOKS like it gives support to the sail in one direction, but not the other. Performance didn't seem to be affected but there was only maybe 7MPH winds. Is this normal? How do you avoid having a topping lift come into contact with the sail?
So, about a month ago I had an incident while lowering the sail in an emergency when I ripped a pretty good slit into it. Since it seemed pretty baggy (It is 43 years old I think) I decided to splurge. Just received a new Intensity sail last week and so far, it looks really nice.
While using it for the first time yesterday, I noticed that in my opinion the new sail still seemed to be a little "baggy" or have too much material along the boom / foot. It occurred to me that maybe the boom has been a couple inches too high on the gooseneck side all along, but I'm not sure. Is there a method by which I should adjust the height of the gooseneck in the track on the mast or is it just trial and error? What should a new sail look like? Tight or loose? The window on the sail is not straight but rather bowed out because of the seemingly excess material, but I don't have anything to compare it to.
Any ideas?