[Rhodes22-list]Blown Mainsail?

[Steve Alm]

Rummy,
What's so bad about Fandango hardware?
Slim

On 1/28/04 8:05 AM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Wally,
> It's ripped beyond repair for a fifteen year old sail. Not worth fixing. A
> new sail from Lee Sails which is a exact replacement is only $750.00 plus some
> change for shipping. I have known for some time now that the sail was about to
> go, but we just kept sailing it anyway, knowing it would be replaced this
> spring. I have a loaner sail from another boat which I may use in the interim.
> It 
> takes about sixty days to get the sail from Lee.
> I have only sailed on one boat with the new battened IMF mainsail, in lite
> air and I didn't like it. (sorry Stan)  I like to keep things simple because a
> lot of complicated things takes brain power and thought and that just takes
> away from my drinking time while sailing. That's another reason you don't find
> a 
> lot of fandangled hardware on my boat like spinnakers and poles and the like.
> They take too much time to handle and it takes away from the real reason I
> sail.....I like to drink and listen to loud music. I have the funnest boat on
> the 
> lake.....ask anybody.......they all know RumRunner. Yes, you might blow my
> doors off, but who cares?
> 
> Rummy
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