Re: M_Boats: Roller Furling UV Protection
I have a 150 genoa with the lighter UV material on my CDI and I agree with your sailmaker. I wouldn't want anything any heavier out there. It's already difficult in light breezes to keep the sail open without the whisker pole and sunbrella out there on the outer edge would be worse. What weight fabric are you getting? My sailmaker built mine out of 6 oz. material because I told him I wanted to sail the San Juans someday. If I had it to do over again, I'ld go lighter, maybe 5 oz. Larry Yake M17, #200 Tullamore On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:52:01 -0400 "Honshells" <chonshell@ia4u.net> writes:
My sailmaker tells me Sunbrella fabric as the UV protection on an M17 jib would be too heavy: He suggests a light Dacron-like UV-resistant material. What do those of you with headsails on a CDI have?
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Larry, Thanks for the info: My discussion never got as far as the sail weight, because I decided I didn't have the funds to buy the genoa this year. I am having my old sail modified to work with the CDI for now. I'll keep the 5 oz. in mind. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Yake" <leyake@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:56 PM Subject: Roller Furling UV Protection I have a 150 genoa with the lighter UV material on my CDI and I agree with your sailmaker. I wouldn't want anything any heavier out there. It's already difficult in light breezes to keep the sail open without the whisker pole and sunbrella out there on the outer edge would be worse. What weight fabric are you getting? My sailmaker built mine out of 6 oz. material because I told him I wanted to sail the San Juans someday. If I had it to do over again, I'ld go lighter, maybe 5 oz. Larry Yake M17, #200 Tullamore
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