Wow! Great animation Chris. I can almost see the wind blowing round the rig. 

The jib shapes show the shape of the patterns, as if they were cut out of tin, but in practice the leech of the jibs will end up more like the arc of a circle as the cloth equalizes the tension. It would be interesting to see what they would look like in practice in a 360° shot. It make me wonder if we could get away with increasing the camber without increasing the sheeting angle.

Very interesting. Thanks, Chris.

Cheers, Slieve.

Annie Hill wrote:

Now you're just showing off, Chris!

But he's only halfway there! I want to see a virtual Chris trimming and easing the sheets, as the virtual sail goes in and out and the virtual boat tacks and gybes.

Now you're just showing off, Chris!

Chris Gallienne wrote:

Hi Tim

No reason why not.

Do you men for this particular sail, or for anything? (DelftShip is usually used to design the hull rather than the rig).

Chris

 Chris,

I was thinking of being able to inspect, in Delftship, your illustration, if that is at all possible, but, essentially the sail is of more interest.  My brain has difficulty imagining it from all angles!  Other CAD formats would not be a problem.

Anything appreciated.

Thank you.

Regards Tim

Hi Chris,

thanks for sharing your sail design thoughts, with which we wish you well.

Is it possible, I know it's a bit of a cheek, to have a look at a sample Delftship file?

Regards Tim