Ordering new set of sails, what specs?

[kingfisher]

I'm ordering a new set of sails: a new headsail and main. My main cruising ground is the scheld estuary and an occasional Channel crossing.

I have on the list:
Main
Loose foot
leach line
2 reefs
top batten all the way to the mast

Head
bronze hanks
leach line

anything else?

 

[Neraida]

If your sticking with dacron, think about an impregnated type (Polypreg etc) rather than just plain old cruiser. A sailmaker once told me "spend as much as you can on the cloth, that's the important bit"... he wasn't selling me anything at the time...

 

[FullCircle]

Do a search on PBO - I did a spec your sail thread for gernoa and main.
Search on each individually as I put up one thread for each
This was about a month ago. Some very good replies and not too much fred drift.

 

[kingfisher]

Oops, sorry. Only searched on Scuttlebutt.

 

[savageseadog]

You need to specify the sizes /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[sarabande]

light reflective strips ?

and I think you can get a radar reflector panel too, though the link escapes me at present.

horizontal lines (about 1") to enable you to alter the draft efficiently

 

[Twister_Ken]

hi viz red panels at top of sails.

 

[bobgoode]

I would consider a triradial genoa, foam luff and specify cruising laminate.

Concurr with full battened main, but would think about a third reef.

 

[webcraft]

[ QUOTE ]
If your sticking with dacron, think about an impregnated type (Polypreg etc) rather than just plain old cruiser.

[/ QUOTE ] Or specify marblehead - it is much more densely woven and contains less resin - that means it keeps its shape better when it gets older. Cheaper cruising dacrons contain a lot of resin and can become shapeless once most of it is knocked out of them.