Sorry folks, once again a question about broadseaming (which I finally seem to have basically understood):
The width of my sail will be 4000 mm, and the cloth 1700 mm.
One width will be set at the leech end, which will take 1600-1650 mm, depending on the seam allowance/overlap. Now, if I set another whole width at the luff end, the same 1600-1650 mm will be very close to the max round of the panel. As I understand, this is a good thing for the broadseaming.
The rest (about 800 mm) would be left between these two.
The "leechward" seam is at the straight area of the panel. This means that the whole "extra" cloth to be taken by the broadseam/s would have to be done with only one seam (the one near max round). This doesn't sound good to me.
Should I make an extra seam to the "luffward" cloth, for the sake of broadseaming only? Is it worth it?
(I'm not thinking about the extra labour here, just the strenght.)