Nacra 5.0 Mainsail - Kangaroo Sails

For the Nacra 5.0, Kangaroo Sails makes a new mainsail that you configure yourself in the shop. Three cuts are available – Beach for leisure sailing, Hightech for a better profile on the race course, and Decksweeper. Window-film panels and a multi-colour layout are possible too.

The cuts

• Beach (leisure): radial layout from head and clew – 4 head panels, 10 clew panels, 1 luff panel. Flat, horizontal reinforcements; batten pockets in white Dacron.
• Hightech (racing): radial layout with more panels – 6 head panels, 11 clew panels, 1 luff panel – so the cloth follows the loads more closely and the profile is cleaner. Flat, fully bonded reinforcements; batten pockets in the sailcloth.
• Decksweeper: a further cut you can select. 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.

Equipment

• Window film in the lower panels possible (Beach and Hightech)
• Multi-colour panel layout possible
• Battens: none, with battens, or the Decksweeper (DS) version
• Qbond on request

Which cloth?

• Pentex – the laminate for racing and cruising sailors: a core of Pentex fibres sits between two Mylar films and gives the cloth high strength and shape stability at low weight. The three layers are bonded under pressure. Colours: black, smoke, white, silver.
• Mylar – built like Pentex, but with polyester fibres in the core. Colours: smoke, white, blue, green, red.
• Dacron – woven polyester sailcloth, valued for easy handling and long service life. Colour: white.

Compatible with

• Nacra 5.0