Anybody have any experience with buying sails from
www.thesailwarehouse.com


It seems they have very reasonable prices for new sails.

I can get a new mainsail and working jib for my Coronado
27 for $1170 and not have to pay sales tax.


Product Code CategorySail
CM27.0S Main $575.00
CH27.16HP Headsails110% $595.00

Pre-shipping Grand Total = $ 1170.00
Grand Total: $ 1170.00

What do you think?

S.Simon

Old Thom does not reply because he's

1) in a drunken stupor
2) soooo embarrassed because he paid more for a mainsail alone than I
can get a set of working sails for
3) watching brain-dead television programs on his web TV box
4) too upset to get on the Internet because his fancy, wing keel fell off
5) wandering around wondering where he is because of senile dementia

S.Simon


"Simple Simon" wrote in message ...
Anybody have any experience with buying sails from
www.thesailwarehouse.com


It seems they have very reasonable prices for new sails.

I can get a new mainsail and working jib for my Coronado
27 for $1170 and not have to pay sales tax.


Product Code CategorySail
CM27.0S Main $575.00
CH27.16HP Headsails110% $595.00

Pre-shipping Grand Total = $ 1170.00
Grand Total: $ 1170.00

What do you think?

S.Simon

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:56:05 -0400, a team of surgeons from
alt.sailing.asa removed the following benign growth from Simple Simon:

Old Thom does not reply because he's

1) in a drunken stupor
2) soooo embarrassed because he paid more for a mainsail alone than I
can get a set of working sails for
3) watching brain-dead television programs on his web TV box
4) too upset to get on the Internet because his fancy, wing keel fell off
5) wandering around wondering where he is because of senile dementia

S.Simon

The other possiblility - that he's gone sailing - is unthinkable. This
is ASA, after all.

--
PJR :-)
mhm34x8
news:alt.fan.pjr

The Captains Master wrote:

Lets see now, a sailmaker goes out on every boat taht requests a new
sail, watches how the skipper sails the baot then goes back to the
loft and designs a sail specifically for that skipper.....he then goes
out with the skipper and helps him set the sail up exactly to suit the
skippers particular way of sailing...

And then, when the boat is sold, the new skipper, unless he's a clone of the
previous one, bins the nearly-new sails and goes through the whole process
again...


--
Wally
www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com
Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light.

Simple,
Price of sails:
Neal, those are very good prices indeed! I know nothing about the
sailmaker, which means absolutely nothing but I would make sure to
examine their work before making a commitment.

Remember the length of life of your "North" main or my "UK" They are
pricier initially but over the years proved to be a bargain. This
doesn't mean less expensive is poorer quality. It does mean YOU have to
be your own quality inspector.

Good luck old friend. May your new sails return your lost performance as
my new bottom and sail has.

AND: "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!"

Ole Thom

Simple,

Sorry I'm slow in responding but ole Buddy. Remember this is Labor day
week-end and by golly I'm finally sailing again.

A lot of catching up to do. This is Pitch Regatta Week-end and though I
didn't have time to prepare my boat for racing I am not going to miss
being a spectator!

Neal, I was thinking of you the other day.
I made another concession to age. I set the 150% up in the furler. It
was at the slip but the ole Man wasn't steady at all going forward. I've
run a semi- permanent safety line system from the mast to the bow
pulpit. I thought to myself, "Neal will give me **** about this." but
then I thought maybe I should tell him about it, so that maybe he can
start thinking about doing the same thing. He spends more time on the
pointy end than I do.

They work pretty well. If you want to talk about them let me know.

Ole Thom

Actually, that IS more or less how a proper sail gets made.

Really? I know Mark at Doyle as well as Dylan who was over at UK. Most people
just order their sails. A visit to a boat with known specs and existing
templates can be made at the owner's request, but usually isn't.
Billy Jane, are you living anywhere close to the edge of reality? Do you just
make crap up? Aren't you ashamed to constantly type stuff that just isn't true?
Now, really...do you thing North, Doyl and UK are visiting all of those C&C
27s, O'days, Catalinas and hunters? You know some people who had the sailmaker
visit their toys so you think it's the rule. Grow up, dummy!

RB

Thanks Thom,

Maybe when I get about twenty years older (about your age)
I'll consider wind-ups. As for now, I enjoy using a variety of
hank-ons to get the max efficiency out of my rig. Changing
and reefing is as much a part of sailing as trimming. You have
a good reason to go to wind-ups but younger, wannabe sailors
like Bobsprit, for instance, have no excuse other than laziness,
sloth and ignorance as the reason they use wind-ups. They're
missing so much and don't even realize it. At least you can say,
"Been there done that!" all Booby and his like can say is "Duh!"

I can tell you've been sailing. You're no longer the cranky grouch
you become when forced to remain ashore.

Keep sailing -- I'll drink to THAT!

S.Simon


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Simple,

Sorry I'm slow in responding but ole Buddy. Remember this is Labor day
week-end and by golly I'm finally sailing again.

A lot of catching up to do. This is Pitch Regatta Week-end and though I
didn't have time to prepare my boat for racing I am not going to miss
being a spectator!

Neal, I was thinking of you the other day.
I made another concession to age. I set the 150% up in the furler. It
was at the slip but the ole Man wasn't steady at all going forward. I've
run a semi- permanent safety line system from the mast to the bow
pulpit. I thought to myself, "Neal will give me **** about this." but
then I thought maybe I should tell him about it, so that maybe he can
start thinking about doing the same thing. He spends more time on the
pointy end than I do.

They work pretty well. If you want to talk about them let me know.

Ole Thom

They're
missing so much and don't even realize it. At least you can say,
"Been there done that!" all Booby and his like can say is "Duh!"

Yeah...the J24 I'm sailing this week Thursday probably has furling!

Bwahahaha!

RB

J/24's usually carry a four-man crew when racing.

Are you gonna get an exemption to allow only a two-man
crew so the boat isn't handicapped with 300 pounds too
much weight?

S.Simon


"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...
They're
missing so much and don't even realize it. At least you can say,
"Been there done that!" all Booby and his like can say is "Duh!"

Yeah...the J24 I'm sailing this week Thursday probably has furling!

Bwahahaha!

RB