Sail Dimensions for 5.2 and 4.6?

Posted By: Bob V
Date: 9/10/06 9:05a.m.

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I now share Jenny's confusion over the class requirements on sails. It looks like Sailrite has removed the Harpoon dimensions from their site. I've tried a couple of times to access them, and can't get through. Harpoon sails are also not listed in their inventory. Could we get the sail dimensions published in a semi-permanent place (the Harpoon site) so that they don't disappear on us again? The Class rules say: "The following measurements shall not exceed the figures on the measurement diagram. Luff 4850mm, leech 4450mm, foot 2260mm." Then you look at the diagram and it appears to show a luff of 6477mm, and foot of 4399mm (guessing here because the numbers are hazy). If my math is right (multiply by 0.03937 then divide by 12), the first gives luff = 15.91', leech = 14.6, foot = 7.41' and the sail diagram gives luff = 21.25', foot = 14.43'. If I remember correctly, the luff measurement at Sailrite was 21-something' and the foot was 10-something'. What are the "real" sail dimensions for the 5.2 and 4.6? Bob V