Ask SAIL: Time To Buy New Sails?
November 21, 2017
TIME TO BUY NEW SAILS? Q: I have a very old set of Dacron sails on my Catalina. Friends have told me I should have
TIME TO BUY NEW SAILS? Q: I have a very old set of Dacron sails on my Catalina. Friends have told me I should have
It used to be simple. In the old days, your sailmaker offered you one kind of mainsail, and sailors were generally happy with the result.
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I have full-length battens on the mainsail of my Corsair 37rs. They are 17 feet long. I broke two this winter. Where is the best place to buy replacement battens?
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