[Rhodes22-list] Burt comments on posts about Spinnaker Sails

[Tootle]

Burt,

Mary Lou gave you a name of of person at Doyle.  That guy arranged for a
special 'Club' price for the sail involved. 

You may have gotten a quote on a spinnaker and not the UPS that they are all
taking about.  

By not going thru the same guy, you are loosing the 'Club' pricing. 
Obviously a big difference.  I would go back to Mary Lou and Tom D.'s
contact and explain what is going on and ask if that is really the current
price.  

Since you are game for making your own with your own fabric, maybe just hire
a sailmaker to show you how to do it. For example, look at this sailmaker:

http://www.squeteaguesailmakers.com/jobs.html

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA



Andrew Collins s/v Carmen wrote:
> 
> Burt
> 
> Doyle makes a Utility Power Sail which is similar to a spinnaker. It furls
> just aft of the genoa. It costs $1350 with a furler. Mary lou Troy on
> Fretnaught has one and there are pictures on rhodes22.org
> 
> andrew c
> s/v Carmen
> Grass IslandGreewnich CT
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Burt,
>>
>> There are many Rhodes with spinnaker sails.  Most are symetrical.  Years
>> ago, Anne M, posted a picture of her using a symetical spinnaker without
>> poles on Kentucky Lake.  The late Roger P. used to race using spinnakers.
>>
>> Other names for Spinnakers are Asymetrical Spinnakers, UPS, drifters,
>> reachers, and there are more.
>>
>> Consider becoming the current expert.  Here is how:
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/phrase/Making-Your-Own-Sails/ref=cap_top_0/105-3387767-7694857
>>
>> Sailmaker's Apprentice by Emiliano Marino is referred to often on other
>> sailing lists.  Table of contents indicates a chapter on making sails.
>>
>> The Art and Science of Sails by Tom Whidden (President of North Sails)
>> tells
>> you about all kind of sail design and reasons therefore, but does not
>> tell
>> how to make them.
>>
>> Sailpower by Peter Nielson, a pricipal writer for Sail Magazine is a
>> great
>> discussion of all aspects of sails, but again does not tell how to make
>> them.
>>
>> Here is your opportunity to be the Rhodes Sailmaker...  And I would be
>> wrong
>> not to mention that one Stanley Spitzer knows a great deals about sails.
>> Think IMF... a Spitzer controlled design.  Maybe take your material and
>> sewing machine and set up shop at the Spitzer Sail Loft in Edenton, NC.
>>  You
>> could not get better advice.
>>
>> Ed K
>> Greenville, SC, USA
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