[quote=klozhald][quote=pairajacks]The question is what happens when your mast bends far beyond the point where the sail flattens out. My unerstanding is that if the cut of the main is 3 inches off vertical at the top, then the mast bend to flatten the sail would be 3 inches. What happens to the sail performance when your mast too easily bends to 8 inches?[/quote]
If I may paraphrase Bacho, your mast is doing what your sail is telling it to, through the cut of the material, and controls like downhaul and the mainsheet.
If it doesn't look or feel right to you, this is the conversation to have with your sailmaker.
Send or bring pictures.[/quote]
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