Loan of tatty sails?

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I've just bought an old Etchells which has no white sails - they were stolen prior to my buying it. I've got some nice sails coming, but not until after the Worlds in October.

Consequently I'm torn as to what to do with it. Currently on a trailer at Shepard's in Cowes, it eventually needs to come home for some work on the chainplates, but I'd dearly love to have a sail of it beforehand. I have to make a decision over the next few days because storage is about to become 'paid for' and being budget limited I'm thinking river pontoon mooring for a month or so, but that only makes sense if I can sail it.

If anyone has anything that they'd like to loan (or even hire for a bottle or two), the dimensions are as follow. Needless to say, anything smaller will be absolutely fine.


P = 32.50' / 9.91m
E = 11.50' / 3.51m

I = 27.60' / 8.41m
J = 8.00' / 2.44m

Apologies because this is a bit of a last minute plea!

Edit to add, Boltrope on the main, hanked on jib.
 
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Hi Occasionalyachtsman, I have some old sails in my attic which I got when I bought my Kelt8. This is a 26ft boat. I think your Etchells is a similar size. There are some hank on jibs (not used by me as I have roller reefing) and probably a spare mainsail. Excuse my ignorance but could you translate your measurements into height up the mast and length of foot?
I live in SW London by the way. Pm me with your phone or email if you are interested and I will pull them out and measure them.
 
Thanks Pete, I've already been in touch with the class, and the result was the sails that I'm getting in October (with some astonishing kindness).

I should add that I did speak to SailExchange / Westaway with the idea of buying and reselling through them, but they weren't really on my wavelength. There's also the matter of their reputation on other parts of these forums.
 
Phil, I'll send a pm in a minute.

P is the mainsail luff length
E is the mainsail foot length

I is the vertical height of the foretriangle from the main deck
J is the distance from the forward face of the mast to the forestay

In this case that gives an approximate jib luff length of about 28.7ft / 8.76m
 
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