I made 2 trips to break in a new set of sails made locally by Omar Sails. The loft is about a mile from my house so the sailmaker came over to measure the rig. The sails are of a slightly heavier material which should be good for those breezy March winds we get here. The luff uses a low stretch braided line instead of the laid line used in some older sails that I had. Therefore, the luff is slightly longer by a couple of inches than the original mainsail. The leach is the same length but has a larger roach. The loose foot is shaped slightly to hug the boom. Both main and jib have leach tensioning lines, with a 2nd line on the jib at the foot. I requested that the jib luff be slightly shorter to ensure that I could get full tension of the jib. I was always plagued by "scallops" in the jib luff. As the sailing day progressed these would develop (due to stretch I suppose). I tried a low stretch halyard but there was not enough height to the hounds to get and keep good tension on the foresail. The first break-in sail was a 7 mile diagonal reach across the Neuse River to the mouth of Clubfoot Creek. Conditions were not the best for judging sail performance. Winds had died that morning to about 7- 8 knots but the following 1 foot wave-train was a residual of overnight winds across a 75 mile fetch. On a starboard tack the occasional set of 2 foot waves would sneak up on the stern quarter and push the boat off course. On the port tack tack the boat was sailing in the trough which caused the main to swing back and forth when the larger set of waves came by once a minute or so. In Clubfoot Creek the winds were 6-7 knots with mostly flat water for the 3 mile run to the head of the creek. The larger main pushed the boat well in the light airs. The jib was blanketed most of the time so I couldn't get a god fel for its performance.