sounds like a loft to avoid.

SBV



"Dave" wrote in message
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The sails Somerset made for me were pretty good. We were
killer fast with the mylar head sail he made. The problem
in not the sails, it is dealing with Martin. Everyone who
deals with him seems to have one hassle or another. He
apparently does not take any notes when taking calls, and
does not remember the details of his conversations well.
My advice if you are so allured by the prices would be to
put all your corrospondance in writing, and avoid any
situation where he owes you something.

[Name omitted] wrote:
My 2 cents - My experience wasn't so good with
Somerset. Great price in
January on a new main and genoa, was supposed to be
pentex for the price of
dacron, but when it came to May delivery there were lots
of excuses about
material problems, and that he had accidentally made the
main with 2 reefs
instead of 3. After remaking, he did them in kevlar, a
more expensive
material for the same price. Made me feel a bit better,
but when they
arrived - the main wasn't a triradial like ordered, and
the third reef was
not done right - he basically ignored the sail specs for
the boat which
especially highlighted. Then had trouble with slides
breaking, resulting in
luff damage. Also, the UV strip on the genoa made the
leach curl - my fault
according to sommerset. He did fix the reef and luff -
but what a hassle,
and Martin is so defensive! After all that the sails'
racing performance
improvement was not noticeable, quite different than the
last set of dacron
sails I got a few years ago. An unhappy customer, in
spite of the great
price. On the other hand, someone else at our club seems
to be happy with
his sails.

At this point, I'm pretty happy with the prices and
service I'm getting from
my local loft. His prices have been good, and he does what
he says he'll do.
If I were to deal with Sommerset, I think I'd be inclined
to follow the
above advice--deal directly with him and put it in
writing, rather than
playing telephone.