A note on how to calculate the area of sail material required:

For any 4 sided object with at least two parallel sides (square, rectangle or parallelogram)

Area = (A + B)/2 X (C + D)/2

For a triangle

Area = ½ Base X Height

For a circle

Area = 3.14 X Radius X Radius

For odd shaped areas divide it up into triangles and use method for triangles.