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Johan Hackman 
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 Topic: Weight of main sailPosted: 10 October 2012 at 09:34 |
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Does anyone happen to know the exact or approximate figure for the weight of the standard 342 main sail?
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alettaenmarcel
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Posted: 10 October 2012 at 11:22 |
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Do not have it for the 342 , but on my 370 with 42m2 it is aprox 33 kg exclusiv the battens.
Hope it will help a little
greetings marcel
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Johan Hackman
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Posted: 10 October 2012 at 11:42 |
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Thanks!
Given that my sail is 33,5 sqm the weight should be 26 kg. Still a bit heavy to carry on a plane.  Johan |
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Posted: 13 October 2012 at 12:45 |
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Hello Johan
My mainsail (the original Doyle) weighs 19 kg. But why drag the sail up in a plane. Build a hot air balloon of the sail and fly home  .Ulrik |
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Agathe 341 2003, white hull, tiller steering, deep draft keel, long rudder
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Johan Hackman
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Posted: 15 October 2012 at 12:29 |
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That is good to know. That's less than the 26 kg I thought. That means I could bring my main sail to my favourite sail maker in Stockholm and have the leech line arrangement modified.
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Posted: 18 October 2012 at 10:24 |
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Today was the dress rehearsal. I managed to put the standard jib (approx. 20 square metres) in a suitcase. I found a good place to fold it at my daughter's daycare with the help of her and her friends. It reminds you how much easier it is to fold a sail indoors than on a windy pontoon. The suitcase now weighs 16 kg.
The reason I am bringing my standard jib to the boat is that my jib deluxe got damaged. I am however not bringing that sail back as I want to sort out the leech of the main first. Johan  Edited by Johan Hackman - 18 October 2012 at 10:32 |
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Johan Hackman
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Posted: 18 October 2012 at 10:26 |
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My jib deluxe, Pentex with vertical battens:
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Posted: 18 October 2012 at 11:55 |
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Johan,
What went wrong? I think we all wish to avoid the modification you have made. Simon |
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Johan Hackman
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Posted: 18 October 2012 at 14:40 |
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It is not a modification. It is just a sail that I was talked into buying that did not last very long. Sail makers tell me today that Pentex is not a good material for sail cloth as it is sensitive to both sun and water.
Already after three years the leech was worn out and had to be repaired (picture below) and the damage seen in my previous picture was discovered just the day before I was going to race for the first time in my life. In the picture below you also see the expensive UV-protection that had been painted to the leech. Johan  Edited by Johan Hackman - 18 October 2012 at 14:42 |
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Posted: 18 October 2012 at 14:47 |
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I repaired the damage so that I could participate in the race and you can see the blue tape I used in the picture below.
For my type of sailing this jib was not the best option as it has been a bit too expensive for what it does. Maybe I should have taken off my rose-tinted glasses when I talked to the sail maker. Just because he slipped "faster" and "better pointing ability" into the conversation does not mean that it is a dramatic change in comparison to the standard jib. Johan  Photo: Magda Styrnik-Jørgensen Edited by Johan Hackman - 18 October 2012 at 16:19 |
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