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Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-05-2016, 12:26
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Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-05-2016, 18:02
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Re: Cuben sailing fabric?

Barnakle,

Cuben fiber is named that after the Americas cup dream derisively called 'the Cubens'. They are the first ones that adapted the base material to sail cloth, and kept it very secret until...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-05-2016, 13:30
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Re: Cuben sailing fabric?

It would take a lot of 7-11's.

I just had to look... For a Melges 32 the 3di raw mainsail is about 15% more than a 3dl. For a cruiser I would recommend a taffeta sail not the raw, so that will...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-05-2016, 21:07
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Re: Cuben sailing fabric?

Last time I really looked into it cuben has been relegated primarily to spinnakers and 3di has taken over as the primary working sail fabric. Both of them are using filament thick spectra/carbon...
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