I am having new sails made for our Sapphire and stopped by the loft to see how things were going this week. The owner and I went over the mainsail 3d graphic of which they send to their panel cutting machine (like a CNC machine), during that conversation he mentioned a peculiarity in the dimensions of my old sail and the Sailboat data sight (as well as a couple of other sites including the sail pattern software), seems my old sails luff is almost 4' shorter than the sail pattern that he is building the sail from. He was making adjustments to match the old sail and wanted to inform me of this difference.
Now the Sapphire is a 2007 model year and when purchasing this boat no mention was made on the change to mast height, I know there is no recourse with the previous owner (purchased the Sapphire in Sept 2016) and to be honest I really don't think the PO even knew there was an adjustment made to the mast height. The PO purchased the Sapphire in its second year of life (originally named Windsong) from the original owner in Massachusetts who I am told didn't use her as evident by the less than 50 hours on the clock.
The only reason I could think of for shortening the mast would be to ensure bridge clearance. I have asked the race committee to make adjustments to the boats rating based on the sail area reduction, we will see in the spring was the response I received.
Now the Sapphire is a 2007 model year and when purchasing this boat no mention was made on the change to mast height, I know there is no recourse with the previous owner (purchased the Sapphire in Sept 2016) and to be honest I really don't think the PO even knew there was an adjustment made to the mast height. The PO purchased the Sapphire in its second year of life (originally named Windsong) from the original owner in Massachusetts who I am told didn't use her as evident by the less than 50 hours on the clock.
The only reason I could think of for shortening the mast would be to ensure bridge clearance. I have asked the race committee to make adjustments to the boats rating based on the sail area reduction, we will see in the spring was the response I received.