Ramona said..
The good thing about Etchells is some people keep buying new race sails regularly and the old stuff makes good buying. The jibs are particular good if your after a blade headsail on a quarter tonner. The tricky bit is getting a block forward enough on the deck. The only problem I had was the tape hanks stopped me lowering the sail enough on the fore stay when trying to pick up a mooring, wind would just blow the nose away. The mains cut down suit a lot of smaller yachts too and they are always well made sails.
Just looking at the main on a walker H28 not much difference to a walker main
Sail Area Luff Leach FootLP
Main 16.45 sqm 8.85 9.20 3.54
Mizzen 7.3 sqm 5.90 6.25 2.36
No. 1 27.5 sqm 10.38 10.03 5.66 5.31
No. 2 *21.1 sqm 9.08 9.09 4.82 4.65
No. 3 * 17.7 sqm 8.39 8.09 4.48 4.38
No. 4 10.54 sqm 7.79 7.08 3.07 2.71
http://etchells.org/documents/3MKB-14F_Sail_Plan.pdf
