Pimp Club

I was chatting to Riki from RS at the show and he said
there is only one company that still produces that style of
cloth and it is only used on the 200, 400 and 600s these
days. So if the company decided to stop making it then
those 3 classes would have to adopt a new style of sail,
either with a carbon weave like the 100 and 300 sail or a
kevlar weave like the 700.

I would prefer the carbon, as black looks cooler than gold.

The 600 sail is so expensive (apparently) because the material is no longer produce on the scale that it once was due to it being replaced with more advanced cloths. The current sail is certain to take a lot of punishment! 

My point about the more "modern" 700 mainsail being teh same price as the less moder, but more robust 600 sail.

Merlinboy what would you do?

Would you change the shape to make it easier to sail or would you just change the material to make it look more modern and perhaps cheaper to buy like has been done on the 300.

As a reference a 700 mainsail is exactly the same price as a 600 and is near as make no difference the same size so its cosmetic change only then.

I think you were the only one at Grafham directly wire to wire tacking Sam - you seemed pretty good at it too.

The 600 main is really robust though - the 300 and 600 fabrics don't look like the they will last anywhere near as long and unless you are going to change the 600 to a softer sail like a 700 it just a cosmetic change.