"Coca-Cola Recipe?"

Posted By: gilasailr
Date: 6/22/11 11:49a.m.

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Catsailor, Your boat builder should have the dimensions. One of the more commonly visited websites for sail dimensions - http://www.sailritesails.com/ShowAd.aspx?id=4572&SourceID=%200%20&BoatName=MONTGOMERY+15 What you get when you send your old sails in for measurements is - shrunken (usually) and stretched pattern to be used to build your NEW sail - ?? Not a professional way to 'design' a sail. Dimensions are available from builders,and sites like Sailrite - How about spending our money with LOCAL USA companies - not an agent for an offshore organization that promises the moon and delivers 'pie', but a real company located in the US ? Consider it for our friends in the sailmaking business. The local sailmakers and their families will appreciate the business. This sailmaker of choice question seems like the age old Ford/Chevy arguments - I for one spend my money on sails with companies that employ workers in the USA. I have never seen or heard so much BS about sails - types (racer boy, Ullman/North spec. (?), whacky trim ideas), leftover old used and cheap sails,etc., as on this site. Kinda fun, :>) and we will learn from it too! Have fun - think about who and where you are sending your money when you buy your sails. Caveat Emptor - Res Ipsa Loquitor Have Fun, Go sail ! G.O.