Your sails are your boat’s engine. As any avid sports car driver would tell you, an improperly maintained engine will detract from your car’s performance, and so too will the sails on your race boat.

I’ve been sailing primarily on the J/105 Masquerade for the past six years, and in that time I’ve made every mistake possible (that I know of). Shrimping, big knots, torn spinnakers, you name it. But ...