I recently went through this with a new genoa. I went with Rolly Tasker and have nothing but good things to say. I spoke directly with the GM (Mike) in Thailand and he was easy to deal with. After shipping and brokerage at my door the sail cost $1700. North Sails direct wanted $2500 before taxes for the same thing. In either case, as you point out, I measured myself. I didn't see any value-add going with North. I went with a 155%, I have no trouble trimming the sail.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:27 AM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com>wrote: > Marek, > > I went through this last year. I ended up at a local sail maker just for > convenience of service. They came to the boat to measure and to install > for the first time. > > I know a lot of people are really happy with Rolly Tasker from my > research. the only negatives i found were people who didn't actually have > their sails. Those that did were generally happy through all the threads I > read. ...And you could probably save about 30% through them. > > I have no experience with them other than getting a quote and I have no > connection to them. > > Keep in mind, it is boat show season and most lofts are offering discounts > of about 15%. Just call and say you met them at the show. Newport is the > weekend of the 14th and Annapolis is in October. Just check the website > and see if one of the lofts you are interested in is at the show... > > Good luck! > > Danny > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "Marek Dziedzic" <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List New (replacement) sails > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:25:49 -0400 > > Hi, > > The decision has been made - we are getting new sails. The ones we have > are about 20 years old and even my admiral can see that they are quite > blown (stretched). Now the questions start: what kind and where to buy. > > We are in Ottawa, so there is no local sail loft. Doyle Sail can accept > local orders, but I don't expect that they would come to the boat to do the > measurements. This opens things up a bit, because suddenly there is no > difference between anyone local and buying the sails on-line (or is there?). > > Regarding where, I was thinking about Rolly Tasker, National Sails > Supply, FX Sails (The Sails Store) and a few more. Do you have any > recommendations (or horror stories)? > > Regarding what: > - cruising sails (we don't race) > - fairly light (I try not to overpower; we reef early or don't sail if it > is really blowing (I don't think we sailed over 25 kt) and we need good > sails for those days when it is hardly blowing at all). Is 6.5-7 oz Dacron > good? too much, too little? > - I would like to get 2nd reef on the main - any comments (worth it, not > really)? > - I am thinking about the 135% genoa; however, I find that what I have is > a bit small ( I would have to check if it is really a 135% or is it > smaller). I would not go to 150-155%; I don't think I would ever be able to > trim it correctly and it would be too much to handle. But what about 140%? > I could easily handle a sail with the foot a 1 ft longer. > - some vendors offer a transparent window in the sail; others don't. Any > thoughts about that? > > Any other suggestions, ideas, things to think of? > > thanks > > Marek > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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