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We at MauiSails realize the importance of maintaining a consistent, smooth feel, obtained by designing in the appropriate rig tension from one sail size to another. In the past, achieving this was largely trial-and-error, based on rider feedback. But we wanted to quantify these properties and establish a usable formula relating rig tension to a sail's "feel" and handling characteristics. To accomplish this we use a custom-made, high accuracy LOAD CELL apparatus to measure overall rig tension in all our sail lines and have created a data base where we relate each sail size to the others.