Wrinkles

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Chr1sgould
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Wrinkles

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I've been watching the America's Cup preliminaries and noticed that some teams, especially Alinghi Red Bull, have a lot of wrinkles in the bottom of their mainsails.

Although you often see wrinkles on sails, mainly radiating from the tack or clew, surely this can’t be good for airflow, power or drag.

What does anyone think?

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