[Public-List] Any experience with sails from Lee Sails?

[John Birch]

Hi Bill, Triton Sails in Mississauga is where you should consider ordering 
your new sails.

Sails are expensive, but it is mostly labour and the cost of premium Dacron 
over regular Dacron materials that spells longevity to the sail and 
maintains its designed shape longer.

Triton sails are not cheaper than say North, but the additionals added to 
the sail are better.

Sunstone carries Triton sails, my most recent purchase was a 135% tri radial 
Dacron high cut, which was an excellent purchase. That sail was built under 
the supervision on Ron, as sadly Joe Fernandez passed away.

Ron learned well from his father, the student surpassing the teacher as 
witnessed by the amazing sail shape of the new 135.

Our main, built in 1997 still holds its draft at 40% forward, being all full 
batten with Schaeffer Batten cars and offshore stitched. While it was 
slightly more than North was charging, the additional features were 
substantially better than what North was offering for its offshore sail. It 
was built with premium cloth with a 2 ply leach (which is where sails always 
fail when they get older. The leach is equivalent to 16% oz cloth.

The sails built by Triton are highly competitive on the local race course, 
though we no longer race - we took line honours the first year of the new 
inventory in 97 at the BSBC Open and cleaned up in the fall series. We 
finished first in division in the ensuing Open the following year and fall 
series and retired from racing the next year as we love our boat too much.

Suggest you give Ron a call. Buy local with one of the best and don't scrimp 
on the materials. You will see dividends going forward with that approach.

My thoughts anyway

Best

John  ( Sunstone's Triton sails, Offshore main; 105% high cut; 160% deck 
sweeper; 135% high cut. )


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Wallace" <wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com>
To: "alberg 30" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:45 AM
Subject: [Public-List] Any experience with sails from Lee Sails?


Has anyone bought sails for their Alberg 30s from Lee Sails? I'm trying to 
decide between them and Sailrite - I've sewn my own sails before, so that 
isn't a problem, but the Lee sails are only $300 more than it would cost me 
to sew my own, and if they are of equivalent quality, I think I would just 
go with them. I had talked with some other sailmakers, but mostly local 
sailmakers are significantly more and my budget won't allow a new sail then 
this winter. I race periodically, but am not really a die hard racer so they 
do not need to be optimal for racing - but they should be an improvement on 
my current sails which are really old.

I've heard good/bad second hand stories, but I'd really like some first hand 
information. Comments on quality, fit, any issues you had etc would be 
appreciated.

Just for comparison's sake, the cost on the main is about $1700 with partial 
length battens, including shipping, but without tax. (CAD).
The sailrite quote is $1243 USD without shipping - about $1400 CAD by the 
time it arrives.
Fareast sails is more expensive unless I buy two sails, but they aren't that 
much more than Lee sails.


Thanks,
Bill.
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