: John,

: Take a look at this site from Robert Laine. http://www.sailcut.com/Main_Page
: He offers a freeware program called Sailcut which will help you to lay
: out your panels, whatever material you choose to use for your rig.

: It's kind of fun to play around with the program and it costs you nothing but
: some of your time. There's a comprehensive instruction booklet in three
: languages, a step by step tutorial and all sorts of other goodies to help
: you produce a really nice sail.

: Have Fun, Bubba

: Chris

Hi Chris,

I have the SailCut program and it is fun to play with. But if I understood it right I can't get the get the actual sizes of the curve cuts on the sail panel edges except with other programs that your preliminary data from sailcut is transferred to, and that I presume you have to pay for. I thought if this simple poly sail I am making works I would like to use sailcut to make a Dacron panel sail.

I may not be smart enough to use sail cut but the top angle of the sail top couldn't be made at a downward slope but only from a 90 degree angle to the mast and upward. So I couldn't lay my sail out the way I wanted to.

John