F16 Mainsail - Kangaroo Sails

The F16 mainsail from Kangaroo Sails is intended for Formula 16 class catamarans such as the Goodall Design Viper F16. Choose between the Beach cut for leisure sailors and the Hightech or Decksweeper cut for racing. The sail can be supplied measured on request, and you put together the cloth, window, battens and colours yourself.

Sail cuts

• Beach – for leisure sailors: radial cut from the head and clew with 4 panels from the head, 10 panels from the clew and 1 panel along the luff. Flat, horizontal reinforcements; batten pockets in white Dacron.
• Hightech or Decksweeper – for racing sailors: radial cut with 6 panels from the head, 11 panels from the clew and 1 panel along the luff. The extra panels align the cloth more closely with the loads in the sail and improve the profile. Reinforcements cut flat and fully bonded; batten pockets in the same cloth as the sail. On a Decksweeper the foot reaches down to just above the trampoline (usually with a curved boom): sail and trampoline act like an end plate, reducing the tip vortices along the foot for better pointing and speed upwind. Widely used in racing since the 2017 F18 Worlds.

Options

• Measured: yes or no
• Window: lower panels in window film
• Multi-colour layout possible
• Battens: none, with battens, or battens for the Decksweeper (DS)
• Qbond: yes or no

Sailcloth

• Dacron (white): woven polyester sailcloth that is easy to handle and long-lasting.
• Pentex (black, smoke, white, silver): three-layer laminate for racing and cruising, with a Pentex fibre core for high strength and shape stability at low weight and Mylar film outer layers, bonded under pressure.
• Mylar (smoke, blue, white, green, red): same construction as Pentex, but with polyester fibres.

Compatible with

• Formula 16 (F16)
• Goodall Design F16 Viper