By folding the head of a sail down to the foot (taking the angle of any battens into account), we can roll a sail from its midpoint down to the foot while leaving the head exposed. This is a great method for a small-boat mains… 展开

To flake a sail, start with the sail flat and make accordion folds of the sail into itself, eventually pulling the head down onto the flaked pile. At this point, the flaked sail can be left as is or rolled/bricked. Below are variations on flak… 展开

By taking one full flake on the luff of the sail prior to flaking the leech side of the sail, we are able to change the angle of the luff and then flake the sail so that the luff is accordion-stacked on itself from the tack to the head. This i… 展开

A leech fold is the best option for a sail that has leech battens installed. A leech fold works around the batten placement so that the battens can be stacked on the leech end of the flaked sail. A leech fold tends to be a much wide… 展开

We can either leave a flaked sail as it is in a long folded shape, or we can roll/brick it so that the sail will fit into a smaller bag, storage location, or vehicle. Although many racers avoid this fold due to the added folding of the clot… 展开