As most of you have, I went through this a couple of years ago. After having a 3DL with taffeta on one side (one of the early ones built that way) which delaminated into a pile of strings (really cute!), I asked around to many of the lofts in Maryland. Finally decided on a new dacron main and 155 genoa. We race in mostly light air, so the genoa is good to about 15-18 apparent, then it just heels the boat over too much. The ex-admiral and her crew won our Wednesday night B class that year.
The sails now have 2 years on them and she is still the fastest "racer-cruiser" for most races (depends on crew). Only gets beat by a couple of lightweights. And, the sails still look good - and the sailmaker says if they get baggy, we can trim them back to shape for a lot less than a new sail - couldn't do that with the laminates.....and they were quite a bit less money. We can race and cruise them for a couple more years and then maybe trim them or replace them and still be ahead financially. To be honest, I don't cruise with the 155, it is just too big - blocks the view. The sailmakers opinion (a few of them) is that a laminate will stay in shape until it fails - completely, while a dacron will slowly decrease in shape over time. Just my opinion - the new dacrons are pretty good. Gary Nylander 30-1 St. Michaels MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck S To: cnc-list CNC boat owners Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:04 PM Subject: Stus-List new sails Hi Edd, Why not ask for a price from UK? They must be your closest sailmaker and repairs should be less on their own sails? All of Resolute's racing sails are UK sails, Kevlar Edge, from 1997 and 1998, but have some life left in them since they were used only two seasons by the PO and haven't raced. We did use the main for three seasons and it died a nasty death last fall, when a whole upper panel delaminated. I intend to buy a top quality dacron main, for all around use. I'll use a roller furled 144% genoa, and save the bigger 155% genoas for racing when fully crewed. North is closest to me and quoted some new sails. Their salesman convinced me to go up a notch for Radian since it will hold it's shape better and last longer than crosscut. Another lister recommends going up another notch in price to Norlam, a laminated sail. I'm not sure what's the best sail for me. I got numbers from UK and will ask Quantum and Doyle. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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