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Alumashield kevlar

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rbuehn
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Anybody familiar with this sail material?

 
Posted : January 28, 2010 3:11 pm
David Bonin
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Not much. My understanding is that Alumashield is the brand of kevlar cloth used for sail making. It is used by North Sails company to make sails for larger multihulls. Essentially it is an intermediate hi-tech cloth between pentex/mylar and pure carbon fiber sailcloth.

Pricey stuff.

Don't know anything else.

Dave Bonin
1981 Nacra 5.2

 
Posted : January 29, 2010 8:56 am
rbuehn
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Thanks Wolfman

 
Posted : January 29, 2010 9:57 am