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Mainsail Material - is Hood VECTRAN legal?
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06/17/09 10:11 PM
06/17/09 10:11 PM
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Posts: 2,668 Portsmouth, RI
Rhapsody #348
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I was reading the Hood sails website about VECTRANIs this a legal fabric under the class rules? 5.12.1.2 Mainsail shall be manufactured from woven ply polyethylene terephthalate ("PET"), such as Dacron®, or woven ply polyethylene naphthalate ("PEN"), such as Pentex®. The spinnaker shall be manufactured from woven ply nylon. and 5.12.2.1 Minimum cloth weight is 6.25 oz. The reason I ask, is I saw a three year old well used main on a C&C35 I was sailing on this past weekend and the sail looked in pretty good shape. It looks like Dacron with a gauze woven in to hold its shape.
Last edited by Rhapsody #348; 06/18/09 09:52 AM. Reason: added gauze woven in comment
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Re: Mainsail Material - is Hood VECTRAN legal?
[Re: Russ Atkinson]
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06/19/09 07:50 PM
06/19/09 07:50 PM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,234 Newport and Naples
Cap'n Vic
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Two seasons ago I bought a NorDac NSP Premium main 7.8 ... looks bullet proof ... but it is back at North to be recut because it stretched out to the bands. In its defense ... Vee Jay is out 2-3 times a week for nearly 8 months during the season ... and we had a record windy winter on the Gulf.
From what I am seeing it appears we have to figure that dacron mains are going to have to be recut at three years for heavy cloth, two for light. Previous main lasted 7 years, but day sailing only out of Newport. It is "delivery" only status now.
I automatically kick the sail cloth weight up one notch from whatever North initially recommends.
Also go full battens and loose foot. Something about those full battens that keeps the sail looking good [or OK] as it ages.
Last edited by CaptainVic; 06/20/09 10:27 PM.
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