Whats the difference between the San Diego and Newport sails?
The mainsails ARE very similar. I know the San Diego sails well and have helped to develop these sails. About two years ago we made the main significantly flatter. The reason was that the J/24 likes the main trimmed really hard and for sure a flatter main can be trimmed harder before it stalls. Both mains are quite forgiving. The San Diego genoa is touch flatter than the Newport genoa (The Newport main is flatter than the San Diego so needs a fuller genoa to go with it). We have found that the sail is really fast in the upper end conditions with the genoa where sailing the boat and keeping it flat is harder. In fact the sail was so good in a big breeze that we just made the top of the sail a little fuller to make it easier to keep the boat going in lighter air. This sail is called the GP-7. I think you will find the flatter design of the GP-7 a benefit in Europe where I think there is generally more wind than here in the States. We spent a lot of time developing these sails in San Fran
