sparky wrote:My sailmaker,I repeat,my sailmaker,can offer at the same price than a dacron sails,laminate sails with reinforcements with continuous threads.
The price is 650€ for genoa,780€ for mainsail cross cut ,900€ for biradial mainsail.
With those prices I think these are no more expensive than a dacron.
If your sailmaker can offer these prices on Laminates I am very impressed... I doubt many could! Can you ask your sailmaker to confirm what type of cloth is being used? I would be intrigued to know.
The other issue here is what materials are allowed in the laminates. There are a wide range of fibres that could be selected (assuming the sails wil survive the battering of tacking etc.... I'm not going to conceed this point ye
) Even if cheap laminates can be sourced, this will soon be replaced by far more expensive cloth as the winning edge is sought... Anyone fancy Carbon/ Technora 3DL moulded sails for their boat????sparky wrote:I think the laminate sails give to FD a much more aggressive and technologic aspect.
I tried a laminate genoa and I have to say that the look was really aggressive and it makes the boat really modern although the projet dates back to 1953.
I guess thoughts on the appearance is a very personal thing... have you got any photos you can share with everyone yet?
