[Alberg30] New Main Sail

[Dave Terrell]

My plan is to install a strong slide system made by tides marine. It is
much less expensive than the Harken system and works just as well. It
fits over the current external sail track and should be very stiff. I
expect to make certain  that the underslying track is not loose or
wobbly in any way before the new system is installed.

David - Talisman -  432 - 

>>> rkingsland101 at ksba.com 10/03/03 11:24AM >>>
Don;

It's nice to know that a fully battened main will work.  Thee
questions
please.  What is a "2+2"?  Did you do anything to reinforce the track? 
What
kind of cars do you use to hold the sail to the track (I have heard of
"bat
cars" but don't know if that is  specific manufacturer) ?

Thanks,

Roger

PS - I think I have good boat names for the Shark owner's boats in
your
story; "Double Whammy" and "Poor Step Child."  Thanks for making such a
good
point.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Campbell" <dk.campbell at sympatico.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] New Main Sail


> Dave:
>     I have had a full battened North main for the last 6 years that I
have
> owned the boat. The sail was built in the early 90's to the best of
my
> knowledge, and I still have a straight track. I just bought a new one
this
> year from North Toronto and as luck would have it it was also built
in
> Toronto. It is a 2 + 2 because they don't like having to pay UPS
extra for
> shipping full battens. However it is easy to adjust the shape of this
new
> sail to whatever me or my crew would like when racing. I priced 4
different
> makers and they were all within $100. CDN for a main at last year's
Toronto
> boat show. I did not price Doyle's because their loft in Sarnia often
cuts
a
> small sail relative to the max allowed. As for cloth, I believe that
both
> Challenge and Contender are American and that one is made by the son
of
the
> original cloth maker. (After one of those family disputes, the
impetuous
> younger generation thought he knew more than Dad,  so went out on
his
own).
> North makes all their own dacron. I believe Polyant is the French
cloth
> maker.
>     It would appear as if there are three sailmakers who have made a
number
> of Alberg 30 sails and they are Triton in Port Credit Ont. ( Joe
Fernandez,
> the original sailmaker for Whitby once Tom Taylor closed his loft),
North
> and Haarstick. Why stay in Traverse city if there are others who have
more
> knowledge for the original cut?
> Don
>
> Dave Terrell wrote:
>
> > The time has come to get a new main sail for Talisman. I would like
the
> > work to be done locally in Traverse City -  so my question is -
what
> > things do I have to watch out for so that the sail comes out "just
> > right"? Any suggestion about sail cloth? One sailmaker suggest
Contender
> > made by a Dutch company. Another suggests Challenge? Any opinions
on
> > either of these? I am also planning on putting on a Strong Slide
System.
> > Racing is not going to be my thing so I am planning on full
battens
> > throughout and two reefs - opinions and suggestions will be
appreciated
> > on all these ideas.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > David - Talisman #432


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