Posted by Jon on December 13, 2000 at 14:38:10 from 199.158.80.11:
In Reply to: Re: Canonical order SD and PD posted by Robert Hill on December 11, 2000 at 13:09:52:
If you mean the patch on the luff, I believe that's reinforcement for the reef points. I would be surprised if the sail tore there in the wreck, rather than near the tack, as the tear was presumably caused by the broken mast.