I'm happy with the design and quality of my Quantum mainsail. IMHO great value should be given to having a local loft. I sent quotes from competing lofts to one another and had them explain the differences. Once the differences were removed the price was within a couple hundred and that was easily valued by the local service and CUSTOM sail design with on site measurements. They did have some problems replicating the logo. I still don't understand why. But the local service facilitated an easy correction.
Josh On Sep 3, 2013 10:47 AM, "Joel Aronson" <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marek, > > I'm very happy with my Rolly Tasker genoa (through National Sail Supply). > Yes to 2 reef points. Also, get at least 2 full battens. The main will > last longer. I forget the size of your boat. Under 30 feet I would think > 7 oz cloth would be fine. Don't forget to show you are proud to own a C&C > - get the logo! > > I find windows are never in the right place. Heel too much and all you > see is water. A small window for the telltales is useful. > > My $.02 > > Joel > 35/3 > Annapolis > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Jerome Tauber <jrtau...@aol.com> wrote: > >> What is the boat? I find North Direct to be a good value for the type of >> sails you are describing. Also check to see if North One Design has sails >> for your model. They are reasonably priced and performance oriented >> Dacron. >> Jerome Tauber, C&C27-5 , Montauk NY. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:25 AM, "Marek Dziedzic" <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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