Rossiter Pintail Mortagne sur Gironde, near Bordeaux |
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Laser 28 - Excellent example of this great design Hamble le rice |
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Laser 140101 Tynemouth |
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bferry ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Jun 09 Location: Malta Online Status: Offline Posts: 190 |
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Thanks for that. Just what I was looking for.
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Bernard
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catmandoo ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Mar 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 545 |
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Google it , think i used inter parcel to send sail to croatia , also about uk , were very cheap , they bulk buy space and resell , often its the big names , dhl , etc that actually collect and deliver
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bferry ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Jun 09 Location: Malta Online Status: Offline Posts: 190 |
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Any idea who would be cheapest in sending a sail from UK to Europe?
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Bernard
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RS400atC ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3011 |
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I had one sent to me by Fedex. Rolled in thick polythene and lashings of tape, it was fine. |
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stuarthop ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 22 Dec 04 Location: Nottingham Online Status: Offline Posts: 1040 |
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I use TNT for all my sail deliveries. Costs around £20 each time but
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rs405 ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Apr 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 119 |
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I had one posted to me once. I think the company was called Amtrack. It
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420, 470, 405, laser 4000
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Roy Race ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Aug 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 275 |
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A set of dacron Fireball sails flaked and bricked ready for posting. Jib, spinnaker, main and battens.
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Roy Race ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Aug 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 275 |
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Why don't you want to fold it? It's much easier to post sails this way. If it was a Merlin main, I would take the battens out, do big 1M wide flakes, with the luff rope stacked neatly at one end, then brick it along the width. You get a package 1M by 30 cm by 10cm. The battens (unless it's fully battened) won't be more than 1m long, so they can go in the same parcel. The only noticable effects will be about 5 or 6 horizontal creases, which will be very light and will shake out after a few tacks. Laminate is quite flexible and better than dacron for sending this way. Not a problem.
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MattK ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() ![]() Joined: 02 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 221 |
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I had one delivered, in a massive cardboard tube, sent via a normal courier, cant remember which though, the tube did make it heavy and quite pricey though!
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Merlinboy ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 03 Jul 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3169 |
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Morning all, Has anyone delivered a sail via a courier lately?? If so who did you use, i have a Laminate sail to deliver but its obviously rather long roled and i don't want to fold it!! |
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