cruising sails with performance

schoonerdog · 21-07-2008, 10:39

Our laminate sails are completely shot. Is dacron still the choice of a good cruising sail with performance? If one were to willing pay say 30% more than dacron, would anything else come to mind?

fastcat435 · 22-07-2008, 07:05

Hallo Doug
Pentex seems like the best choice at this moment for performance oriented sails that will last you a long time for a reasonable price .You would need the CX7 and CX 9 T for the size of sails you have on your St Francis 44.
If you want I can get a Quote to compare and I have the St Francis dimensions here.
I will ship you the Dyneema material next week when my staff is back from vacation so you can use it to cover your anchor chain.
Please tell your wife for me .

Greetings and happy sailing

Gideon

fastcat435 · 22-07-2008, 09:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by schoonerdog

Our laminate sails are completely shot. Is dacron still the choice of a good cruising sail with performance? If one were to willing pay say 30% more than dacron, would anything else come to mind?

Our cost for a set of Spectra sails is now around the $ 7.000,00 and that is a main and a genoa with a total dimension of 110 squire meters or comparable to the St Francis 44\\

Greetings\

21-07-2008, 10:39	#1
schoonerdog Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: annapolis Boat: st francis 44 mk II catamaran Posts: 696 Images: 4	cruising sails with performance Our laminate sails are completely shot. Is dacron still the choice of a good cruising sail with performance? If one were to willing pay say 30% more than dacron, would anything else come to mind?

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22-07-2008, 07:05	#2
fastcat435 Commercial Vendor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Amstelveen Netherlands Boat: FastCat 455 Green Motion Posts: 1,211 Images: 4	Hallo Doug Pentex seems like the best choice at this moment for performance oriented sails that will last you a long time for a reasonable price .You would need the CX7 and CX 9 T for the size of sails you have on your St Francis 44. If you want I can get a Quote to compare and I have the St Francis dimensions here. I will ship you the Dyneema material next week when my staff is back from vacation so you can use it to cover your anchor chain. Please tell your wife for me . Greetings and happy sailing Gideon