So got your new boat? Have your sails been measured and certified?

Check first at the tack of each sail and see if bears a Measurer’s mark or signature? If it has a signature, it will have been measured in. If not, think about getting it done.

Datchet Radio Sailing have the measuring process well sorted. In the workshop, there is a giant board maybe a couple of metres long – see photo above.

I’d half expected when watching the measuring process, that the big rulers would come out and key measurements recorded for all your rigs. It was much cleverer and faster though.

The Measurer had a collection of pre-marked half dowels. So it was very fast for him to run the dowel rods over key dimensions of each sail – check if the sail measurements were within prescribed limits, ….and we were done in no time.