[Public-list] Need new sail advice

[John Birch]

Bainbridge cloth and Nordac (North) are essentially similar cloths, however
Premium Nordac is a much tighter weave. When you consider the amount of
labour which is the same essentially in assembling a sail ( a very
significant factor in costs ) and the difference between a premium cloth
price vs. a basic cloth to longevity and holding sail shape - I would
respectfully submit for your consideration that wise money would be spent on
the best cloth you can get.

Before buying it would be wise to see if a Premium Bainbridge cloth is
available if you choose not to go with North. My main (actually all the
newer inventory) is built using Premium Bainbridge cloth by Triton Sails in
Mississauga Ontario Canada back in '96 and is holding it's shape
wonderfully.

But it is a personal choice.

Best of luck regardless,

Cheers,
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger L. Kingsland" <rkingsland101 at ksba.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Need new sail advice


> Last year I contacted Hong Kong Sails
> (http://www.netfun.com/cgi-bin/hksail/materials.htm) and found their
prices
> to be quite good.  I asked a North Rep for constructive criticism of HK
> Sails and he said they use inferior cloth.  The HK site says, however,
that
> they use the same cloth the rep said North uses.  Go figure.
>
> Roger
>
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