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Topic: Sail Materials

Posted By: hollandsd
Subject: Sail Materials
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 11:15am

Hey Guys, just wondering if anyone here knows...

Where do you get materials to build sails from?
Also can anyone recomend a peice of software to design sails on.

Dan

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Laser 184084
Tasar 3501
RS600 698
RS600 782

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Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 11:51am

Depends what type of cloth you want. dacron/laminate? Any software which is any good is quite expensive, you may be better off designing something by hand.

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Posted By: hollandsd
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 11:55am

either or, just wanting to get an idea iof the costs involved in building your own sails, a member at the club has just designed and built his own windsurfing sail and its got me thinking about making my own dinghy sail.

Dan

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Laser 184084
Tasar 3501
RS600 698
RS600 782

Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 12:53pm

dimension polmate,

its who we are sponsered by make pretty much all sail cloth

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TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala

Posted By: hollandsd
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 12:58pm

I havent heard of them and cant find them on google, is the name correct?

Dan

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Laser 184084
Tasar 3501
RS600 698
RS600 782

Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 12:59pm

Try dimension polyant, contender or bainbridge. If your after some budget more cruising spec dacron or general supplies try kayospruce. Depends what kind of spec cloth you want in dacron or laminate on who is best.

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Posted By: olly_love
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 1:01pm

http://www.dimension-polyant.com/en/ - http://www.dimension-polyant.com/en/

what cloth do you need and what for, we use theur kite material from the usa which is far better than the standard stuff,

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TWO FRANK-Hunter Impala

Posted By: hollandsd
Date Posted: 14 Aug 09 at 1:04pm

well, i am new to this sort of stuff and was looking into what materials are suitable for what purpose and their associated costs.

I was looking at putting together a mainsail.

Dan

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Laser 184084
Tasar 3501
RS600 698
RS600 782

Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 18 Aug 09 at 1:59pm

Point North http://profabrics.co.uk - http://profabrics.co.uk

The sell all sorts of fabrics mail order and have sail, spinny and cover fabrics and all the fasteners etc to go with them.