After just a couple of daysails, I finally got a chance to give my new RSS sails a real test. A 100 mile, week-long cruise with the Salish 100. The boat is my Welsford Navigator 'Ellie', built by me and launched 12 years ago. This is my second set of sails for my gaff rigged yawl, with some slight modifications from the original plans. I increased the area of the jib slightly. The mainsail uses 4 equal length battens angled towards the throat so they never need to be removed or re-installed when raising or lowering the mainsail. I raised the clew a bit to clear my head. I rounded the foot a bit on all 3 sails. I went with lighter weight cloth vs my original set. I am extremely impressed with the quality and workmanship of these sails! Amazed, actually. I absolutely love them. Ellie performs noticeably better, and not having to deal with battens in the main is a godsend. The level of detail was impressive. Tapered spring loaded battens, leech lines, lacing rope, tell-tales and more were all included and unexpected details. The black stitching on white sails, IMO, is something only a quality sailmaker who's proud of their workmanship would dare do. And they earned it. Hats off to RSS, well done!
For more details, and to download my modified sail plans, click here
