Welcome to our video series on upwind mainsail trim, presented by SailZing.com. Today's topic is Camber, which is part 2 of the unit on shaping your sails. In this series we're distilling lots of technical material into clear explanations using a visual approach.

Here are some links to our website related to camber:

Lift and Drag - Prevent Common Sail Trim Errors https://sailzing.com/prevent-common-s...

Velocity Made Good https://sailzing.com/velocity-made-go...

Here's a link to a free download of sail measurement software from SailPack
http://www.bsgdev.com/CMS3/index.php/...

Thanks to Will Hendershot for photos and his help in preparing this video. Material was gathered from A Manual of Sail Trim, by Stuart Walker and Illustrated Sail and Rig Tuning, by Ivar Dedham.

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