Getting close to a mainsail decision and will post more before long - very much
in line with the various pieces of advice I received from fellow listers. I
will summarize all of that soon.
Kevin was dead on - the blog itself is a wealth of info, well written, very
relevant etc, however I also noticed that the blogger (Brian Hancock) offers a
"free gift" for becoming a subscriber. So, I took the bait, and the gift
turned out to be the e-book Kevin refers to. Kevin, you mention that the
book may be outdated with respect to fabric, and maybe so, but for many "Dacron
grade" sailors like me this may not matter much. I found the book to be very
relevant, and like the blog, well written. Timely for me, but a solid,
comprehensive winter read on the subject, and for most here I think, worth
many times the price. ;-)
Dave. 33-2 Windstar.
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:55:22 +0000
From: Kevin Driscoll <kevindrisc...@gmail.com>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Mainsail replacement considerations
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If I were buying a sail right now I would be reading everything on Brian
Hancock's blog about lofts, cuts, and fiber. You can find it here.
<http://www.greatcirclesails.com/maximum-sail-power-blog.html> This guy is
a professional and up on the latest developments in fiber technology, which
is valuable since it is changing every season. He also has a book *Maximum
Sail Power* which may be a little dated in the fiber department, but the
fundamentals are still there.
>snip<
KD
30-2
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