Yes, Jerry, it was no doubt long past due. The old sail served well, though, holding it's shape all these years. I did have the eyelets replaced and the stress points reinforced a few years ago, and the stitching is still good, but the fabric has gotten weak and flimsy and likely to fail before much longer. Would you care to make any recommendations on what to order in a new mainsail? Sail fabric and weight, battens, roach, reefs, loose-footed?, slugs or boltrope?, etc. Thanks, Larry On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:17:02 -0800 "jerry" <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> writes:
Reggie made some great sails, but i'm skeptical about any sails lasting 30 years! I start looking at them critically after a year.
Reggie and his two brothers taught me a lot about sailing. Incidentally, Reggie is still in business making sails, I believe, and is somewhere around Morro Bay, CA. I intend to go look him up sometime.
Jerry jerrymontgomery.org
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry E Yake" <leyake@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Sail Source Needed
I'm still using my old Reggie Armstrong main, Howard, and it's almost 30 years old. It's at SailCare right now getting rejuvenated, but the old sail still works great. Seems to be as fast as the other M17's I sail with and the shape looks good. I suspect the original owner of the boat didn't put much wear on it.
I've thought about getting a new main just because of the age of the sail, but I'm not convinced I would get an improvement in performance, especially after your experience.
Larry
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:53:20 -0600 Howard Audsley <haudsley@tranquility.net> writes:
This may sound like heresy to some who have been around a while, but I'd like to have an exact replica of the old Reggie Armstrong Sails that came with the boat when it was new. Main and working jib. I managed to get the boat up to 6 knots on a beat once with those old blown out sails. It did fine for the first 3 or 4 years I had the boat until the mainsail ripped. I was told they were not even fit to be drop cloths, but I still have them.
I replaced the main with a flatter cut, full batten sail, with more roach and a high aspect 110% jib than runs all the way to the masthead. I don't think I get as much speed out of the new sails and the boat heels more.
But lacking some miracle comeback from Old Reggie, my genny came from EP and it's a good sail. As Bob says, they make sails for him and know what they are doing. They get my vote too.
If you are in an area with the potential for high wind, get two reefs. Deeply reefed, she can stand a lot.
Howard
On 11/17/05 8:04 AM, "Woodsybill@aol.com" <Woodsybill@aol.com> wrote:
I recently ordered and bought a 150 genoa from Elliot Peterson, to fit my new MCI roller furling. Somewhat pricey but it turned out great. I'm totally satisfied. Soon I will replace the main and have them do it.
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