[C320-list] Foresail

[Ted Harrison]

Thanks Brian 

Ted Harrison

> On Jan 15, 2018, at 5:45 PM, Amirault Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> Ted:
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> Is radial cut worth the money? Not to everyone. You can picture that there
> is waaaay more stitching in a radial cut sail over the slab version because
> so many more pieces of cloth are necessary to make up the sail. Over time
> UV, general wear, and perhaps some minor failure in the original work will
> result in a need to take your sail to its maker for repair. If you allow
> that this failure has a time/running-stitch-length ratio, then you are very
> likely to see your maker more often for some re-stitching if you opt for
> radial cut. This would make it more expensive to buy and to own.
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> I am so in favour of the small performance increase in my radial cut 135
> that when I replaced the original closed-foot, slab main I did so with a
> loose-foot radial cut sail, because these will give me better shape for
> longer. If I were only cruising and cared not for any performance
> enhancement, then no, as you will still experience enhanced performance when
> you replace your original headsail with a new slab cut model. There is
> always something else to spend the money on which will contribute to a
> better on-water experience; such as Sport-a-seats, or inflatable life vests,
> or superior optics binoculars, or Blue Performance cockpit gear bags - the
> list is long.    
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> Just my .05$
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> Brian Amirault
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> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
>