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 Post subject: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:31 am 
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It's fall 2021, what is procedure and process of order H16 custom colored class LEGAL sails? What colors are available? What loft are they produced? Estimated lead time?


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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:53 am 
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The process is to call your dealer. Custom sails must be ordered through your dealer and they will have all the details including the available colors.


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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:08 am 
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Rich is 100% correct, contact a Hobie dealer and they can walk you through the process. In the meantime, if you search these forums, you'll find some relatively recent posts with recently-available sail colors (your dealer will be able to tell you what's available now). Here's a post from Jan 2019 with the then-available colors:

https://www.hobie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=64138

I ordered a custom jib and my dealer contacted Hobie and Hobie sent me some pieces of sail cloth to look at. For me, the whole process took about 6-8wks, but a lot depends on when there's time at the factory to make a custom sail.

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:22 pm 
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These are some of the colors Hobie currently uses:

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:47 pm 
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Does anybody know what weight dacron Hobie uses for their sails?

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:56 pm 
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4.06 oz?

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:47 pm 
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6 oz Dacron cloth for Hobie sails

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:31 am 
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I wonder what the downside of using 4oz cloth would be. I can get 4oz in colors from various suppliers. I've made a few sails for my dinghys as a hobby. I'd like to make sails for my catamarans someday too.

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:23 am 
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Lighter fabric for lighter air.
I've blown out my spinnaker twice in 15+ knot winds. Clearly not made for higher winds.

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:13 am 
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Heavier fabric is stronger and more dimensionally stable. You need to use a material that is up to the task of withstanding the apparent wind speeds and loads on a catamaran sail. Both of these are higher on a catamaran as compared to a similarly sized dinghy. Plus a heavier fabric will take more handling abuse and generally just last longer.

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 Post subject: Re: ORDER CUSTOM SAILS
PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:15 pm 
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Sailrite lists their 4oz dacron fabric as being for beachcats - too bad they don't have colors in 6oz dacron.

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