Well, wouldn't you know it. As soon as I bragged up my old Reggie Armstrong sail.... I just got off the phone with SailCare and they recommended replacing the sail, rather than investing in repairing and re-resining the old one. They also make sails, so he's going to give me a bid for a new sail patterned after the old RA. I talked with him awhile about the various options that always come up when considering a new sail, such as more roach, full battens, boltrope or slugs, etc., and decided to stay with the original design. When I get his bid, I'll be glad to let anyone who's interested know his price. Larry

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:

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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

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until the mainsail ripped. I was told they were not even fit to be

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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

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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:

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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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