I just bought a 155% cruising genoa made in the Quantum factory in Sri Lanka. It was measured and bought through a local loft in Pensacola. It was significantly less expensive than quotes I got from other local lofts. A few years ago, I bought a Kevlar/Mylar racing 155% from the North loft in New Orleans. It was made in the North Sri Lanka factory. No issues with either sail. Quality on the North seemed slightly better but then again, it was a racing sail, not a cruising sail.
Moral and political issues aside, I don't have a problem with offshore sail manufacture from a quality standpoint. As long as the sail is measured, designed and backed by a local loft, it is not that important to me who actually assembles the sail. I strongly suspect that the offshore factories owned by the large US sail companies have stringent manufacturing and quality procedures. I've bought a lot of sails over the years. The only issues I've encountered were assembly omissions by local lofts. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:26 PM Ted_Relinda--- via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Question to the group. > > I am getting a new set of cruising sails for our 40. My choice is going > to be between Doyle or Quantum. I have had Doyle sail before and their > service and quality were great. Made in St.Pete Fl. right up the road. 100 > miles. > Quantum sails with almost identical specs comes in about 400 bucks lower > but are made in Sri Lanka. Service is relatively close on on the east > coast of Fl. Given between the two, what might you buy. > Has anybody had experience with the SriLanka sails. It's my understanding > that several lofts and a lot of sails come from there. > > Thanks > > Ted > S/V Ten-Ten > Punta Gorda, Fl. > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature> > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
