There is an old sail trim adage, “trim the front of the jib and back of the mainsail,” or where the wind meets and leaves the sail plan. Telltales are a key tool helping you figure out what is going ...

The recent article in Sailing World Magazine on sail battens, battens for full batten sails, did not get into the technology of these battens. It is a deep and complex subject. The battens in a ...