I have questions about this also. My late ex purchased a new mainsail for Serenity when we bought her and brought her down from Ventura. I didn't have much to do with maintenance and equipment issues then. I remember, he finally decided to purchase a slightly lighter weight mainsail than Serenity came equipped with for reasons I don't remember now except that we were docked in a light wind area as opposed to the previous owner's heavy wind area around Ventura and points North Now Starwind will need a new mainsail soon. Any advice? I am still in the light wind area of Newport. I don't really race, not competitively anyway. I did win "Last to Finish" in the 1987 Newport to Ensenada race.
Charlene LAW OFFICES OF CHARLENE DRYER Family Law, Child Custody for Fathers, Business, 2901 West Coast Highway, #200 Employment and Collection Matters, Probate and P.O. Box 2783 Trust, Criminal and Domestic Violence Defense Newport Beach, California 92659 949 630-3830 Fax: 949 650-0030 --- On Fri, 1/29/10, Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: From: Abraham <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] New Mainsail advice To: [email protected] Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:59 AM Hi Everyone, New here, recently bought a 1978 Cat 27 and need a new mainsail. I tried to "recover it" with SailCare but the price is to close to a new one from what I have seen. Any suggestions on buying a new sail? I am fairly new to sailing, had a Cat 22 before but never had to get a new sail. I don't race, not interested for now, my wife and I cruise in the Long Island Sound, so I am looking for a main that suits my sailing needs and my wallet (yes, price do matter, I've seen prices from $1200 to $620<---Ebay, Kelly-Hanson) Any advice will be very much appreciated. Thank you! -Abraham [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
