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| Author: | Nordic [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Making new sails for Hobie 18 - which material |
I am having to replace the sails ( main, jib, spinnaker ) on my Hobie 18's ( 3 boats ) and want to "upgrade" the boats to new sails based on a more modern shape and material use than on the original 18. ( Also sail Hobie Tiger ) So would appreciate some advice or information from people that has been there/done that to a Hobie 18. The new sails would have 3 main differences to the standard sails supplied by Hobie, be made from Pentex ( laminate ) material rather than Dacron, have a radial cut instead of Cross cut and finally a square top like on the Tiger. Now I know that this is deviating from the original design - is there anyone out there that sails Hobie 18's who has gone thru with a modification like this and did it benefit the boat in terms of overall feel? Jan |
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| Author: | Marty8340 [ Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making new sails for Hobie 18 - which material |
New to Hobie 18's, but you should look at www.whirlwindsails.com , Chip could likley give you some good advice. |
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| Author: | ncmbm [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making new sails for Hobie 18 - which material |
Radial cut pentex is very nice. The only issue I have with my squaretop is hoisting it, pulls out of the comptip going up. It does add power to the boat and gets more air when the wind is light. I really like the performance of my Whirlwind pentex main. |
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