Contender CDX sail cloth

[Ziggy]

I got a pretty attractive proposal for new radial cut sails using Contender CDX cloth. Can anyone here offer first hand experience or opinions about it?

[SailsWithFists]

Originally Posted by Ziggy

I got a pretty attractive proposal for new radial cut sails using Contender CDX cloth. Can anyone here offer first hand experience or opinions about it?

It is very nice cloth. We use it regularly in the sails we build.

[Boatguy30]

What loft? I've seen some really horrible sails made out if fancy materials. The average sailor doesn't notice the difference and would generally have been better serviced by a quality cross cut sail.

[Ziggy]

Originally Posted by Boatguy30

What loft? I've seen some really horrible sails made out if fancy materials. The average sailor doesn't notice the difference and would generally have been better serviced by a quality cross cut sail.

Great Circle Sails

Have you had any experience with them?

[Silver_Surfer]

i started a thread on CDX, have a sail quote from precision sails for my baltic 43 at $5252 mainsail and $7637 for a %120 genoa. i have attached my current quotes. i'm looking for people with experience with this type of sail material as i'm not familiar with it. i attached current quotes from different lofts for comparison
thanks

[barnakiel]

I had a leftover piece of CDX that I made into a basic tent over the cockpit. The material did not last in tropical sun (Martinique and now Canarias).


Nice cloth though, probably excellent choice for a furling sail.


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