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stampeder
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Initially Posted - 06/01/2007 :  00:09:11  Show Profile
About a year ago, I asked about fixing up my old main sail. The leech between the battens was blown out. Nothing I did would stop the leech from flapping about.

So, over the winter, I sent my main sail to North Sails in Vancouver. They have a mast and a wind machine in their shop, they ran it up and gave me a diagnostic and a quote the day after it arrived there via the bus.
They reinforced both ends of the battens and sewed the battens in, they glued 12" diameter circles of reinforcement fabric in several spots, sewed in a leech line, fixed a small hole, cut and re-sewed around the batten pockets, sewed in an extra slug at the head and tidied up some frayed spots. Total cost $169 plus shipping.

I've used the sail now a couple times and I am very impressed with the difference it makes. First of all - no more flapping leech. (makes me look like a semi-competent sailor now).
Last weekend winds were 20-25 knots - sail handled beautifully.
Had moderate winds the day prior and I was able to shape the sail in ways I had only read about here.

So far, excellent value, good turn-around time (8 days), great results.
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Response Posted - 06/01/2007 :  06:47:07  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Mike, a nice testimonial. Presumably the age of the sail is considered in such a job, so how old is your sail?

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 06/01/2007 :  17:34:23  Show Profile
Not sure how old it is, It might even be the original 1981 sail.
I've had this boat for 3 years and the sail was tired when I got it.
I would say the sail is at least 10 years old.

forgot to mention that North Sails also sewed on some tells.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 06/01/2007 :  19:43:32  Show Profile
Got a phone number and contact name you could share ?
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Response Posted - 06/02/2007 :  21:37:00  Show Profile
Stamp - sounds like you had a good experience!
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 06/03/2007 :  12:15:58  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Got a phone number and contact name you could share ?
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I contacted North Sails via email as listed on their website: www.northsails.com
I spoke to the service department, rec'd instructions from them over the phone: send us your sail along with a description of what it does and or needs.
I spoke to them several times on the phone, and any person who answered the phone was able to immediately tell me what the status was or what to do next. Very simple, nice to do business with.
In my note to them, I sail the leech was floppy between the battens and that I had been told that I might benefit from having a leech line installed.

I think the main thing to look for in a sail loft is wether or not they have a mast and wind machine.
There was a local sewing repair guy here that belongs to our sailing club - but he did not want to make any decisions and wanted me to tell him exactly what I wanted him to sew.
I went with North Sail because they have the expertise to evaluate then recomend a fix.
Our club has had several years of satisfactory experience with them.
Keep in mind that this is North Sail's Vancouver BC location. Its easy to ship from the US to Canada, but not so easy to ship from Canada to the US.
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