GP14 Cruising Mainsail

Hi CharlesI haven't one to hand to measure sorry and the sails are made up from templates which would be difficult to get measurements from, however I have the below info from the class rules 6. Measurements: All sail measurements are maxima. (a) GENOA(i) LUFF 4089mmFOOT 2286mmLEACH 4089mmHEAD TO MIDDLE OF FOOT 4140mm (ii) A transparent unwoven panel must be incorporated in the sail as a window. The window shall have a transparent area covering a rectangle not less than 200mm nor more than 450mm deep and not less than 750mm long, the whole of the lower edge of which shall lie between 120 and 370mm from the straight line joining the tack and the clew when the sail is laid flat. At no point shall the window be less than 230mm from the luff and the leach. (iii) The measurements of luff, leach and foot shall be taken between the bearing surfaces of the cringles with the sail free of wrinkles. In cases where the cringle is outside the sail the measurement shall be taken to the point of the sail nearest to the cringle. The head to foot measurement of the foresail shall be taken along the line of the fold which is formed when the sail is laid flat with the tack and clew together and the luff and leach coinciding. (iv) Foresail tack to be not more than 152mm above the deck when hoisted. (b) JIB(i) LUFF 3658mm FOOT 1753mm LEACH 3200mm (ii) A transparent unwoven panel may be incorporated in the jib as a window. It shall not exceed 610mm in length fore and aft and 305mm in height. The lower edge of the window shall be approximately parallel to a straight line joining the tack and clew of the jib when the sail is laid flat. The lower edge of the window shall be not more than 229mm nor less than 152mm from this straight line and the after edge of the window shall be not more than 381mm nor less than 305mm from the leach. (c) MAINSAIL (i) LUFF 5486mm FOOT 2438mm LEACH 5791mm (ii) The mainsail leach measurement shall be taken with the sail free of wrinkles. (iii) The cross measurement...

Hi Richard The floatation head has a piece of foam stitched in to give some buoyancy and help prevent inversion. This doesn't have as much buoyancy as an anti capsize cushion but it looks better and doesn't have such a negative effect on the boats performance Regards David