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[Gordon Laco]

Hi Pete - 

I understand your desire to try to find a sail quickly...but with regard to
racing vs cruising I can say that cruisers really have a better reason to
have good mains than racers.

A nice shape in your main will knock a significant number of degrees off
your angle of heel in every wind speed. The boat will be much easier to
steer and the cumulative effect will be the same as if you changed your
ballast from iron to lead.  But of course with no actual increase in
weight!!!  oh - I forgot to say - you will sail faster in most wind speeds
but the stuff I described above is more important to comfort and safety.

I suspect this year sailmakers can be found with space in their production
schedules.  Making an A30 main from scratch does not take more than a few
days; and is really worth every penny.  I have a sailmaker I am loyal to
(who made our boat's sails when the class was in production) but you may
have your favourite.

Where do you live?

Gord #426 SURPRISE


On 2/24/09 1:00 PM, "Pete Staehling" <staehpj1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have been away from the list for a couple years.  I am the owner of #554
> "Aurora".
> 
> It seems that I need a new mainsail.  I am open to suggestions, but I don't
> want to wait too long to get one, so having one made somewhere with a long
> turnaround time may not be my first choice.  As a casual cruiser I don't
> need a real high performance sail and may be happy with buying someones used
> cast off.  Aurora currently has roller reefing, but I would prefer to go to
> slab reefing.
> 
> Does anyone know of a used sail for sale that might suit me?
> 
> If I opt for a new sail where would you recommend I go, what kind of price
> and turn around time can I expect?
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