[C320-list] Sail chafe

[T. Scott Thompson]

This is likely a side effect of the move to offshore production of 
sails.  It's hard to justify the staff for repairs if you aren't 
actually making any sails.  It doesn't pay to employ a sailmaker to do 
nothing but repairs unless you have a critical volume of repairs.  Hence 
a need to consolidate this business.  Back when most sails were made 
locally the situation was completely different.

Scott Thompson

Warren Updike wrote:
> I wonder if there is something going on with sail lofts doing repairs.  Jeff H mentioned one in NH no longer doing repairs.  One near us in Havre De Grace, MD, Ullman-Skelley Sails, has announced they are no longer doing repairs and is shipping them off to a loft across the Chesapeake Bay.  
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> Has anyone experienced this too?
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> Warren & Pattie Updike
> C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
> Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
> Chesapeake Bay
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