Chief Measurer Issues Two New Interpretations

Two issues that have shown up with mylar sails have been addressed by Interpretations 35 and 36, issued by Tasar Class Chief Measurer Graham Hanna.

Interpretation 35 confirms that resewing the leech tape to eliminate leech flutter, which has been necessary on a number of mainsails, is permitted. The intepretation also allows resewing the leech tape on jibs, should this be necessary.

Interpretation 36 confirms rule G.5.1 applies to battens in the jib, as well as the mainsail. This means that you can modify or replace the battens in the jib, but any replacement batten must be solid fibreglass reinforced plastic. Because the jib battens are sewn into the sail, the interpretation allows resewing the seam along the batten pocket for up to 10 cm from the leech.

Note that the rule G.2.2 prohibits any change in sail shape, so if you remove or replace a jib batten, you must resew the seam exactly as it was originally.

Richard Spencer
Executive Secretary, WTCA

Posted 2006-12-16

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