Alex.
I surely am happy to read that your sailmaking project went well and that it resulted in a well-performing sail. I still, after almost 30 years with cambered panel junk rigs, marvel over how well they perform.

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Here is a video clip of my Ingeborg from July, last year, with a sail that is quite similar to Bugsy's. We are beam-reaching at 6.0 knots in a moderate breeze (10knots?)  -  me jabbering into the camera, and mate Gøran at the tiller, with his usual “6-knots grin”.
Ingeborg’s hull speed with 6.05m wl. is only 6.0 knots, so 6.5-6.8knots is as much as I get out of her.

Cheers,
Arne

I have made a file giving the story of my sail making and will attach some pictures which may be of interest to folks planning the same adventure. This will be subject to my lack of digital skill

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Thankyou Graeme, what a great video. My wife and I hope to get back to NZ early next year focusing on Northland. When I googled the river, a Bay of Plenty website came up and those same boats featured in a cover pic, amazing. The boat being towed looks like a Paradox and by coincidence someone came through Donnybrook last week towing one. Heading for the south coast of WA where there is lots of suitable sailing. Thanks again for the encouragement, actually I have had nothing but good comments from sailors at Koombana Bay SC in spite of being an old codger with a funny boat. I’m looking forward to lots of sailing this summer and may venture around Cape Naturaliste.

Hi Alex, The Paradox in Donnybrook was me. We had just spent 4 days at Wellington Dam and were visiting friends there before heading home. It was the same Paradox as the BOTM, Skye (formerly Planktos)

Hi Alex, yes it's the Uretara River at Katikati, in the Bay of Plenty. The boat being towed is indeed a Paradox and that was me towing it. (The video was a clip from a cruise in company, here if you want to look at it).

Here's another one. They seem to like Farr 6000s there.

Thankyou Scott, I found the sailmaking challenging and engrossing by the time I finished and almost new what I was doing I was ready to go right on and make another.