Early this morning, I pulled out the Mainsail only to find it still would not unfurl completely. I loosened the halyard to get some slack in the Luff and was able to detach the sail Tack from the furling hook. After pulling down hard on the sail a few times, I head a click and the sail finally unfurled. I then adjusted the halyard to provide good tension before furling the sail.

Later, a friend and I took Hilbre out for a sail and on the way to the Angels Gate, the Mainsail unfurled normally. After sailing about the bay we returned through Angels Gate under full sail hitting 8.3 knots, at least that’s what I saw once on the GPS. Mostly we were above 7.5 knots as we took a run up the main channel until the wind died. After furling both sails we headed back to the Marina after a great day of sailing.

We were a little disappointed as the new Mainsail would not completely unfurl. The last 3/4 of a turn was stuck and even trying a number of solutions it still remained stuck. We decided to furl the sail and check it out at the dock early in the morning when there would be no wind.

We installed our new IMF Ullman Mainsail this evening as the old one was old and becoming difficult to furl and unfurl in the mast. We will take Hilbre out tomorrow to see how she performs under the new main.