Hi Guys, thank you so much for your advice. After calling to get prices and getting more info, and getting your advice, I will be getting a "better" sail, not the best since I cant afford it right now (>$1250 is way to much)but not the unknown ones.
I am between the FX and the North Sail (Direct), I like the amount of info the people at FX gave me over the phone, gives me more confidence. Thank you again, this is really a nice place to get advice! cant wait for the winter to be over!!! -Abraham --- In [email protected], JOE ROSE <rose26...@...> wrote: > > Hello Abraham, > I use FX sails pretty frequently. They offer a pretty good sail at a good > price. I just checked and the standard main for a C-27 is $ 809.00. You can > add extras that will make the price go up, same as any other sailmaker. Here > is a link  http://www.thesailstore.com/catalina-sails-c-39.html > I have also used Bacon sails over the years. They primarily sell used sails, > although they have recently started selling new sails as well. I believe that > they use Rolly Tasker as the primary sailmaker. They sell good sails at a > good price. Here is a link http://www.baconsails.com/ > My next choice would be Lee Sails. They made all the new sails for many > manufacturers over the years. I know they made all the sails for Seafarer, at > the moment I can't seem to remember some of the other brands but it seems the > list was pretty lengthy. Here is a link http://www.leesails.com/ >  > Over the years I have also used Shure, North and Neil Pride all of which made > good sails. In hind sight (my gift from God) they were over priced for what I > got. Mind you they were all good sails, they just weren't that much better > than the brands I use now. >  > Now a qualifier to hopefully prevent the host of "your an idiot" emails. We > are discussing cruising sails NOT racing sails. > Best Regards > Joe Rose >  > > --- On Fri, 1/29/10, Abraham <seaspan...@...> wrote: > > > From: Abraham <seaspan...@...> > Subject: [IC27A] New Mainsail advice > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 11:59 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] >
