I've now researched and purchased sails for my last 2 boats. Main and
head for the Viking 33 and head sail for the new boat.
I've come to the conclusion that you can get good sails from Rolly (or
any other mail order sail loft) if you don't buy their cheapest sail.
The head sail on my current boat was a rolley tasker and it was a mess.
I'm certain they bought the cheapest sail they could find. I may bring
that in for an inspection as well. If it is serviceable I may have it
fixed up as a spare. I don't think it was very old but, I think it was
left, furled on the furler, exposed to the elements for years. It only
had a dacron sun cover. Otherwise, I'll donate it and get a sea bag. I
think it may be usable if they re-cut it and make a smaller head sail,
say a 100 or a 110 percent.
you can spec good sailcloth from a mail order loft but then the price
closes in on the local loft prices.
For the Viking, I got Quantum sails from a local sail maker, got a 15
percent boat show discount and the price fell right in between the local
loft's non-discounted prices and the inexpensive mail order prices.
This latest sail I got from a Canadian mail order sail loft and ordered
their highest grade cruising sail. I'll be bringing that in for an
inspection cleaning and storage pretty soon so, I'll get a better review
at that time. It seems like a really nice sail and compared to the
mainsail, (which was already review by the local guy for inspection and
storage last year and he said it was good, well built sail) and my
untrained eye it seemed to be a better built sail. 4 rows of stitching,
highly reinforced corners, Heavy Challenge Marlehead dacron and I think
I got it for good price. The main I compared it to is a Neil Pride
sail. which, I understand, has a good reputation for making high quality
sails.
Hope this helps some,
Danny
On 10/13/2016 9:19 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote:
Dave,
50 sailors will have 100 opinions on this one!
I would go with a high quality Dacron cross-cut with at least 2 full
battens, a loose foot, 2 reef point points. Their Coastal Cruising
sail sounds like a good fit for you. The cunningham is important for
controlling luff tension. Much easier to load up than a halyard.
I had one of their gennies on my 35/3. Other than some restitching of
the UV cover, the sail looked like new after 3,000+ miles.
RT does not do much in laminates. UK does not do much in dacron.
Joel
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Dave S via CnC-List
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Just received the results from the fall check-up and the local
sail loft has diagnosed Windstar's ('85 33-2) mainsail as "beyond
expired". Cue the Monty Python...
The current main has two sets of reef points, (cringle at the
leech and and ring-on-webbing-straps at the luff.)
No telltales other than streamers off the leech.
IIRC there may be a leech line.
4 partial battens battens.
There are two cringles at the clew, one above the other, and what
I believe is called a "shelf" of lighter weight cloth along the
foot. Have never used this out of ignorance, but perhaps I should.
it has a rope foot, slides on the luff.
I will have Rolly Tasker in Thailand quote, as well as UK sails
here in Toronto.
I value the 33-2's performance but most of my sailing
is recreational sailing here on Lake Ontario. Would like to
distance race but not looking to be ultra-competitive at the top
level. Don't want to buy another Main for this boat in the
next decade.
Any thoughts or recommendations on a replacement, or comments on
sail lofts? Many thanks!
Dave
Windstar 33-2
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