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PINEAPPLE SAILS
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- This kevlar 150% genoa on "Heart of Gold", a Schumacher 50, represents our 1990 thinking
of combining light kevlar in the front and heavier tafetta baked kevlar in the leech. This is at the
start of the 1990 Cabo race. Today we are convinced that kevlar sails work best if the laminate does
not change across the sail; if there is taffeta in the leech, then we will use taffeta in the luff too.
The mixing of taffeta and non-taffeta
backed material leads to differential shrinking as the sail ages.
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