UK Sailmakers is building a library of instructional videos titled “Sail with Confidence” to help sailors become better at sail trim and boat handling. Last month, the first video in the series taught how to set an outboard lead to give better sail trim while jib reaching. This month’s video shows how to set proper halyard tension. Halyard tension is used to properly position the draft of a sail fore and aft, and that takes a practiced eye.
To help sailors learn to look at sail shapes, UK Sailmakers offers a free app, AccuMeasure, that lets you measure the draft position and the depth of digital pictures. After watching the video and using AccuMeasure, you will be much better at getting fast sail shapes. Click here to download AccuMeasure for free. As UK post new instructional videos, they will be announced in future newsletters.
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