Gave it a go on Saturday. Wasn't masses of wind really but it did feel a whole bunch easier. On the rare occasions that there was a bit of a gust it translated in efficient forward motion rather than just the heavy pull in the arms I was getting with my older sails.

Means I'm going to have to upgrade my whole quiver though - typical! :roll:

Quick pic:
www.flickr.com/photos/jase_mk/2187668115/

me thinks you need a blue fin.....

Quick update. Sailed the ancient old 5.5 again at the weekend with everything mentioned here in mind and managed to get on a whole lot better than before - so thanks for the tips.

As it happens, after about 6 runs I catapulted and put a massive hole in the sail so that's as good an excuse as any to replace it with something newer!

It's last moments of glory before it went to sail heaven:

I'm glad to hear that you got on better this weekend.

Did you manage to find a blue fin then? That was probably the best tip of all.