[quote=Indyxc]Ron, you are spot on, and I figured out a lot of what you are saying, yesterday on the lake!
Unforutantely, I went out yesterday in 30 mph winds gusting to 45 mph, and I that was just too much. Only stayed out for a bit, but long enough to do damage.
Went out without the jib, as the wind was massive and gusty. Even with the main out, and traveler out, and no jib it was still hard to slow down the boat. Once I got out there, and made it across the lake, it took forever to get home, because I was afraid to go down wind, because I though the boat would pitchpole over.
So I tried to make it back tacking back and forth downwind, which without the jib was very difficult! At one point I thought it would be a good attempt to jib! Wrong! Of course like you said, this caused the sail to fly forward and rap around the diamond wires, and almost flip forward. A quick move by my crew member to pull it down saved us from flipping. But the damage was done. One of the battens tore through the front of the sale. It seems the rip is along the sown part on the batten material.
I'll call the sail shop monday, but what does a typical sail repair cost. One sow maybe 10 inces along the batten?
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