New Sails!
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Just got new sails for my 2010 Precision 18! The old sails were getting pretty blown out from 4 seasons of sailing in high winds (aka: "heavy weather"). So I worked with Chip Buck at Point Sails in San Diego to create some new sails with custom colors.
I am not getting paid or sponsored by Point Sails...I just like their products.
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Hey Dave, Those are beautiful sails, at a great price, only a couple hundred $$ more than my new Rolly ones for the 14.2. Look forward to seeing them fly. Hope you have a great sailing season. Lee
I need new sails for my P18. These are beautiful.
Chip Buck at Point Sails knows the Precision line of boats very well. He’s done P-165, P-16, P-18 and P-27 sails for owners that I know personally. And being able to customize colors, cloth weight, reefing points, etc is great!
Beautiful! Those look great. I was recently looking through the sails that came with my P18 last year, and found a brand new R. Tasker main with the tag still on it. (single reef) I think the dentist that owned it during the pandemic must have bought it and I know he never got to sail the boat. The double reef main I am using is like new, so I'm not sure why he bought it. The boat also came with a 135% roller-furler Tasker genoa. I purchased a new 150% and have been using that the last few weeks. Great in light air, and easy to reduce sail even to a small triangle in heavy air, or furl completely when done for the day. After using the roller-furler I would never go back to the regular jib. It literally takes a few seconds to unfurl or furl. (I just got a whisker pole too for straight downwind wing-on-wing. The genoa really needs it especially in light air with swell.) I'm anticipating your first video with the new sails!
I really liked my Rolly Tasker sails. As far as furlers…I often sail in severe winds that come up without warning. The furlers are generally not as durable as the hanked-on sails and the extra lines are easily tangled in a sudden squall. When you furl it in, the sail shape is not as efficient as a dedicated hanked on sail of the same size (I carry a 100% jib and an 80% jib). But, if I sailed in calmer winds and did a more relaxed type of sailing, yes, I’d definitely get a roller furler. ⛵️
Those look great! I’m looking forward to your next video with the new sails.
Beautiful sails - hope they work well for you! Hey - question, please... is there a 'break-in' period for new sails? After 'x' number of hours, do you anticipate making any rigging adjustments, etc.? Thanks!