Dan, Which sail maker built your 1970 mainsail? I want to put them on my list of potential sail makers to consider for Calypso’s next new sail.
Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dan Grant via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:19 PM To: schiller; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List oldest sail contest Hello all My mainsail is the original from 1970 . It has a C with the maple leaf in it . I'm guessing that its a bit stretched out and that's why I can't point into the wind as much as I should be able too . Also after this years use ( on the last run home) I noticed the maple leaf starting to tear off . I guess it's time for a new main -Dan Grant 1970 Corvette 31 Puffin Ipswich Ma Sent from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2014, at 5:45 PM, schiller via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: I still have the twenty some odd sails identified as 7/71 that came with Corsair. The drifter and the .5 oz spinnaker still go out to the boat every year. The Drifter gets used anytime that the wind is less than 6 knots. I think the Staysail might go out next year. Most hang from the rafters of the Pole Barn. They are hanked on sails and we changed over to roller furling and #6 luff tape. Neil Schiller 1970 Redwing 35, Hull #7 (C&C 35, Mark I) "Corsair" Safely wrapped up in South Haven, Michigan On 10/23/2014 7:35 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List wrote: I am going to take the working jib down to the boat in case we get a honking 25 knot day so I can get a good beat in and it occurred to me that the jib came from C&C when the boat was new in 1973. Does anyone have an older sail than that? Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I
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