Sails made from Polyethylene & sail design software.

squidge

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Hi i have been thinking about making a cruising chute for some time now and during my information search i came across these usefull sites.
One is about Poly being used to make sails (good for making a trial sail before the expence of ripstop)
and the other is a free sail design programe.


http://members.aol.com/polysail/HTML/index.htm

http://www.sailcut.com/

Has any one else used a poly sail?
regards
Squidge
 

aitchw

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Squidge, poly is too heavy for a chute. You could try Tyvek from your builders merchant. Much better solution though does tend to come with DuPont emblazened all over it.
 

squidge

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Thanks, had a look at there web site,they make covers which haven't got the logo on so i may be able to get the material.
 
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