Inselaffe
Well-Known Member
Hello!
My very tired main on my little 1981 ETAP 22 ripped from the leach about a foot above the foot last night, and it's time to finally admit I need a new'un.
I am based in Lisbon, but am coming home to B'Sea for the whole of August, so I could potentially pick it up
Everything here is at least 50% more than at home for boats, especially sails, and considering the weak pound I am looking for advice on Sailmakers closer to 'home'.
Searching through the posts I find Crusader, Dolphin, Advantage, Suffolk as a start.
Any views on these and any others please?
(and which niche do each fit into - e.g. I remember Dolphin as the local one with cheaper but solid sails from 30 years ago in my Mirror days, but guess things have changed?)
I am looking for cheaper end, but good quality (especially considering the UV down here), and for cruising, not racing.
As an aside, 10 mins after the sail ripped, the motor overheated and stopped (shortly after the swinging footbridge closed behind us!) and we had to be towed in by a motor boat, after drifting alongside a tug. A few language problems; my crew was an inexperienced German, the crew on the jamaican tug were russian, and the motorboat skipper was portuguese, but it made for an interesting evening, and no damage done. The motor problem was just a blocked pee-hole exit, and I have wanted a new sail for ages, so a positive outcome all round really
Ta very much in advance
My very tired main on my little 1981 ETAP 22 ripped from the leach about a foot above the foot last night, and it's time to finally admit I need a new'un.
I am based in Lisbon, but am coming home to B'Sea for the whole of August, so I could potentially pick it up
Everything here is at least 50% more than at home for boats, especially sails, and considering the weak pound I am looking for advice on Sailmakers closer to 'home'.
Searching through the posts I find Crusader, Dolphin, Advantage, Suffolk as a start.
Any views on these and any others please?
(and which niche do each fit into - e.g. I remember Dolphin as the local one with cheaper but solid sails from 30 years ago in my Mirror days, but guess things have changed?)
I am looking for cheaper end, but good quality (especially considering the UV down here), and for cruising, not racing.
As an aside, 10 mins after the sail ripped, the motor overheated and stopped (shortly after the swinging footbridge closed behind us!) and we had to be towed in by a motor boat, after drifting alongside a tug. A few language problems; my crew was an inexperienced German, the crew on the jamaican tug were russian, and the motorboat skipper was portuguese, but it made for an interesting evening, and no damage done. The motor problem was just a blocked pee-hole exit, and I have wanted a new sail for ages, so a positive outcome all round really
Ta very much in advance
