I bought a main for my 27-III from Fx sails in North Carolina. Quite satisfied.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List Sent: February 25, 2016 2:29 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Joel Aronson Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail loft service One of the guys doing the Bermuda race had a new main made locally by Evolution Sails. First time the leech was 18 inches too short. No report on the second one. I had to measure for my new main. I was a little nervous, but very careful! The foot on the TapeDrive was about 4 inches short. Now my sail cover is short and my main is not. Dennis is right that its about the design. I asked Bacon's what software he used. When he told me it was Quantum's I was comfortable. Just wish I could afford the same material for the Hylas! Joel 35/3 Hylas 44 Annapolis Joel 35/3 On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: That is really good advice guys! thank you!! although, no snow around here any more chuck, it's like spring today! 55 and sunny! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Chuck Gilchrest <csgilchr...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail loft service Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:17:40 -0500 Danny, I would echo Marek’s suggestion of taking some measurements now, even if the loft is willing to store the sail for you. I had North Cruising Direct build a sail for me several years ago and provided them the old sail so they would have a template to go along with their own database of the rig dimensions. The sail was built during the winter and I received it in late February at which time they asked if I wanted to donate the old sail to a company making stuff from used sail cloth. I said I’d hold on to the old one and was very glad I did. When I went to bend on the new mainsail in May when I launched, the new sail was almost 1’ too short on the boom and roughly 6” short of a full hoist. It turns out, the loft never measured my old sail and relied solely on their rig measurement database, which neglected to identify that a 25 Mk1 has a longer boom than the 25Mk2. So, my new sail went back to North and we waited 8 more weeks for the new sail to be built, taking us well into July before I received it. And this was because the North Cruising Direct Sails are built in Sri Lanka and despite their screw up, they would not build a sail to the correct measurements in the local Rhode Island or Connecticut loft. Had I donated the old sail, the first half of my season would have been lost. So my suggestion, measure the new sail against the old one while there’s still snow on the ground… Chuck Gilchrest Half Magic 1975 25 mk1 Orion 1983 35 Landfall Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Marek Dziedzic (hotmail) via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:38 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Marek Dziedzic (hotmail) <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail loft service I would at least measure the luff length. If they made a mistake (and they do happen), you want to catch it early and have them redo the sail (D would only hope that the mistake was on their part, not yours). If the luff is too long, the sail is useless and you want to know that part asap. The rest will show up on the rigging day. Or the first sailing day. Or even later. good luck Marek From: Danny Haughey via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:24 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Danny Haughey Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail loft service They sent me a form with diagrams of what they wanted and tips on how to get them. They also had me take as high a definition photo from the side of the boat, fully rigged and used that, scaled it and double checked all of my measurments to the scaled photo. Scaling a photo can be surprisingly accurate. I do this to study existing spaces all the time and there are plenty of software that allow you to calibrate the photo and take measurements. Of course, the real test will not come for a couple of months. I did feel there was some room for interpolation as, I don't race. I'm not overly fussy when it comes to sail shape. If she isn't luffing and the tell tales seem to be doing what they should, I'm happy as long as the boat is moving along. I am a bit concerned about spreader patches, they just send stick on patches. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail loft service Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:48:07 -0500 Danny, I am curious as to the measurement process. What did you measure and how did you know how/what to measure. While watching my loft take measurements for the headsail, I was shocked at the different measurements he took. Each spreader, radar, babystay. Those are just a few which I would have trouble describing let alone understanding the measurement desired. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -- Joel 301 541 8551
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