Attached are some pics of my sails after the Sailcare treatment. New zipper was $50, cleaning and re-resining for the jib was $50 and $100 for the main. They repaired the clew of the jib, where all the stitching was popping, repaired the chafe from the shrouds, this kind of work was about $40 an hour.
They look great. The chafe was really bad on the starboard side, and non-existant on the port, thus the white repair panels.
edited by: kgatesman, Apr 10, 2010 - 09:32 AM
Kenny Gatesman
Chicago sailing at Wilmette
1982 Prindle 18
sweet...
coastrat
Nice sails....I like that pattern.
1988 H21SE spi
re-resining for the jib was $50
what is "re-resining"?
MN3
Their site uses this langauage, "impregnating the cloth with resins and setting these resins with controlled heat."
They put the starch bake in. I am not sure how long it lasts, I had one sail a couple years after this treatment, and it remained stiff.
Kenny Gatesman
Chicago sailing at Wilmette
1982 Prindle 18
interesting, what's their site?
I would THINK shape has much more impact than stiffness... but maybe stiffness matters too?
edited by: andrewscott, Apr 12, 2010 - 03:12 PM
MN3
andrewscott wrote:
I would THINK shape has much more impact than stiffness... but maybe stiffness matters to?
Insert joke here!
Rich
thats what she said.....there i said it, thank you michael scott.
coastrat
:p
MN3
Stiffer sails are flatter with fewer wrinkles and hold their shape better. It probably makes less a difference with full batten sails, but on the club's Lasers and 420s, I found stiffer/newer sails were noticeably better performers.
Kenny Gatesman
Chicago sailing at Wilmette
1982 Prindle 18