{"id":13892,"date":"2010-10-25T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=13892"},"modified":"2010-10-24T23:45:24","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T04:45:24","slug":"mainsail-tip-shape-speed-and-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/mainsail-tip-shape-speed-and-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainsail Tip Shape, Speed, and Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have enjoyed the benefits of big roach mainsails for a long time (beginning 50 years ago in cats). In the late 1980s we started putting roach past the backstay on our monohulls. With the Sundeer Series a combination of swept spreaders and rig geometry allowed really aggressive roaches. When Dan Neri moved to North Sails \u00a0and made sails for Beowulf<\/em> in the photo above they were the biggest roached sails – mono or multihull – North had made. The advantages are many:<\/p>\n

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