Thank you.I do go into Minney's now that Newport Sail Exchange is out of business. Have to pass by there on my way to work! 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, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: New Mainsail advice To: [email protected] Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 11:40 AM You might want to try Minnes in Costa Mesa They carry quite a lot of used Sails wwwminneysyachtsurp lus.com I purchased a very nice Jib Sail from them, and it sounds like your office is pretty darn close by good luck ! > > 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 <seaspaniel@ ...> wrote: > > > From: Abraham <seaspaniel@ ...> > Subject: [IC27A] New Mainsail advice > To: ic...@yahoogroups. com > 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] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
