[Rhodes22-list] Tanbark sails - Bob Skinner and Michael T.

[Robert Skinner]

Thanks, Ed -

I appreciate the info on tanbark.  As for the rest, 
perhaps you could use another hole in your flute.

/Robert
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Tootle wrote:
> 
> Bob Skinner asked, "I like the look of tanbark sails, but did not suspect
> that they have different functional
> characteristics.  Are you saying that tanbark sails last longer than white
> ones?  And what is the tanbark "style" that you refer to."
> 
> Bob,
>      Tankbark refers to a dye used originally to color cotton used in sails
> and today is a dye used in dacron.  It was alleged to originally used to add
> UV resistance to cotton.  Style is old fashioned, you know like like an old
> school socialist who does not understand captialism as the basis for freedom
> and human growth.
> See the following:
> 
> http://www.duckworksbbs.com/sailmaking/sc-tan/index.htm
> 
> and:
> 
> http://www.dabblersails.com/index.html
> 
> Michael T., see this comment:
> 
> http://www.boatkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/sailing/2017/Neal-s-new-Sails
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> “You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating
> jellybeans.” Ronald Reagan
> 
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