The price of sails.

The difference between getting a 10m square sail made in sexy smokey aramid compared to regular salt and vinegar dacron is a piddleing 40 quid..... yet the manufacturers sell the materials at a massive double price difference.

Is there something fishy going on with my material supplier or are the sail makers beefing up prices on the most regular lines??

Does any one have any personnal views on, what constitutes, the second most expensive cost to being competitive??

Surely material cost is a small part of the overall price.  Labour makes up the majority.....

Originally posted by Bumble Originally posted by Ian29937 Surely material cost is a small part of the overall price.  Labour makes up the majority..... Indeed, you would expect so. You would also expect that the labour cost would be reduced the more units your produce, so why (assuming all sailmakers turn a profit) are they all the same price accross manufacturers?

I would expect not a great deal of savings in labour on the bulk production of sails; that is why many lofts have gone off to the far east ...

Rick

i was talking to some one at P&B and they where telling me that it take 1 day to make a 505 kite they get the materal for nofing almost but it takes so long to make a sail depending what its for

Originally posted by 5420 i was talking to some one at P&B and they where telling me that it take 1 day to make a 505 kite they get the materal for nofing almost but it takes so long to make a sail depending what its for

I think they are having you on..... I made a spinny in a day and I had to draft and cut then whole thing by hand.....and Id never done it before.