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OLarryR
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Initially Posted - 03/20/2008 :  05:58:08  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
It has been eons since I had new sails - Only time was when I had new boats back in 1980 and a 13 footer way before then. So, this was a totally new experience. Background: I had bought a Quantum Main sail and a 150 furling rig genoa. I decided to buy them semi-locally and the Qunatum guy came down and took measurements on my boat - The sails are custom designed with a slightly fuller main. The main has one batten full (the top one). The rest are not but are at least double the size of the original battens. The genoa has a foam luff.

I have had these sails now since beginning of January but did not put the main on till beginning of February and the genoa not until end of February or so.

Man are these sails stiff ! I had a real hard time getting the main packed tight enough so that I could put on the main sail cover. That is starting to loosen up a bit. I readjusted the genoa from how I originally set it up. I raised it a few inches on the furling rig - Seemed like I had less visibility to see under it at first.

Great having these new sails ! No more sail flutter on the main. Seems that i can point up a bit further than before which was what i was hoping for as the old sails were blown out.

The only thing I would have done differently and not a biggy. I had bought new sheets from Defender for these sails. But I bought them with the same tracer color in them - sort of a blue and red tracer color. If I had to do it again, I should have changed the color on the genoa sheets so that when the lines occasionally overlap in the cockpit, you could easily distinguish between the main and genoa sheets. Not a biggy as the lines are genrally separated but they all look alike.
Larry
'89 Robin's Nest#5820, Potomac River/Quantico, Va
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Edited by - OLarryR on 03/20/2008 06:00:01

DaveR
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Response Posted - 03/20/2008 :  08:02:34  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Very Cool Larry,
Glad to hear it points better. I really need to replace my (blown out) main as well. And yes, new sails are a hand full aren't they? You may remember my "wrestling with my new 150" thread. And like yours, after a few sails it became more manageable.
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 03/20/2008 :  09:26:28  Show Profile
Congratulations on your new sails!

My buddy with a C25 on the Narragansett Bay has old sails, and I have a C25 on the Chesapeake Bay with much newer sails, and we notice a big difference in pointing and in speed between our 2 boats.

The pleasure of sailing on either boat depends mainly on the weather and the fun crew aboard, but the sails make a big difference technically.
Edited by - JohnP on 03/20/2008 10:41:44
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