{"id":522,"date":"2026-09-06T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upon-reflection.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:31:51","slug":"sailing-with-sails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upon-reflection.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/sailing-with-sails\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing with Sails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have a trip to the Annapolis Sailboat Show planned for October and need to invest in a new mainsail and a new foresail. The ones we have are the originals – 19 years old! Even though I replaced the sacrificial cloth on the foresail a couple of years ago, all of the sailing this year has stretched it so badly we simply cannot trim it properly when we reef. It just flops and flaps at the roller furling unless we have a broad reach with the entire sail out. In all fairness, it suffered greatly in Green Bay during the 50 MPH wind\/thunderstorm. So much wind and so much flogging!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our mainsail is of the same vintage and is showing it’s age by fraying at the edges. It’s better than the foresail, but we know it’s also tired. So after nearly 20 years it’s definitely time to replace the sails especially when we plan to do a lot more sailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heading home we have some sail issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Trimming the foresail should we need to reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The mainsail foil became difficult to unfurl on the way over to St. Ignace from DeTour. The winds were light in our slip and we unfurled and refurled it to see if that would solve the problem – but alas, it is nearly inoperable! The harder I pull the more it binds. Next we took the main sail down entirely and Harold tensioned the foil as it seemed quite loose. We put the sail back on and it is still not working. It seems to get wedged in the mast slit when we try to use the outhaul. It is puzzling what’s going on as up to this point it has worked brilliantly. Harold is doing some more research and I hope he’ll get it sorted over the next couple of days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s possible we’ll need to bring the mast down to look at the bearing at the top of the mast for trouble….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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