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[Gordon Laco]

Hi Pete - 

I have a little bit of a predjudice against the big franchise lofts unless a
particular operation has people in it who have sympathy for heavy
traditional boats and have insights into what they need.

I heard about an A30 main where the sailmaker, who did not have sympathy or
respect for older designs, assumed that the only way to go was to boost area
and talked the fellow into a main with a big roach.

Well of course the A30 is sensitive to increase in power aft of the mast -
it wrecks the steering and increases heeling to no good effect.  What the
poor guy ended up with was a bigger more powerful new main that retained for
him all the handling problems of the old blown out one. (but it was new and
crispy)

I would recommend Joe Fernades son Ron, who carries on the family business
since we lost Joe in '02.  If you write to me off list I can give you his
contact co-ordinates.

Cheers - Gord #426





On 2/24/09 1:16 PM, "Pete Staehling" <pete.staehling at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am in Parkville (north side of Baltimore).   It would be nice to have a
> nice new sail.  I think the old now dead one was original, so it was very
> bagged out.   The previous owner described it as "nice and soft" :)
> 
> I don't know enough about any of the sail makers to have a preference.
> 
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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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