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is a larger but potentially almost flat sail...so I don't screw up the draft of the sail. I presume this might work. I'd sacrifice speed for pointing higher too. Thoughts? Flat so I can point higher, but less power ( less drag too? ) I'm guessing as well. Mixmkr: you might want to get a...

Yes, this is has been the case as long as I can remember. The point I'm trying to make here is that if you have two sails with the same outside perimeter measures, they will be the same area excluding luff curve. And I think you can see from the two pictures that the recreational sail fits on...

Right, but my point here is that the size of the sail is unchanged. I could build you a vertical cut sunfish with the seams parallel to the leech (think old timey gaff sail) that would be perfectly fine in terms of shape. Panel layout is normally dictated by the type of fabric you are using. The...

The 3 step zig zag stitch...3 straight stitches per zig and zag is actually about 1.5 times stronger in shear than a conventional zig zag stitch. That is why it is the defacto stitch used by all sailmakers. So in the 70's you would have had 2 rows of zig zag on sunfish seams and now you have one...

Woven sailcloth starts to lose it's ability to hold shape from the first time you use it...the physical action of sailing; luffing, tacking, capsizing and stuff into a bag at the end of the season all work to break down the resins that the fabric is impregnated with, which eventually will make...

Please read my post. There are not TWO sunfish sails. Neil Pryde built thousands of them in the 70's and also for Laser/sunfish again in the 90's. The sizes, luff, leech and foot are fixed and unchanged since 1955 or whenever the boat plans first appeared. See my notes on how to figure out the...

We listened to the buyers and changed back to the soft, easily scratched vinyl. np sails

Please see my previous message regarding areas. And I can't believe you would say this without understanding how one calculates area. Here's the formula: Area of a triangle given three sides - Heron's Formula with calculator - Math Open Reference. You can use this link in google...it will take...

See my previous post. Just do the math. I included a link to H

Guessing you didn't fair well in high school geometry?:) All sunfish sails built to the standard dimensions of 13.33, 14.5 and 13.33 are going to be at least 81 sqft. Add luff curve and foot round and you get to the 82-83sqft depending on how the luff and foot are shaped. I have no idea where...

A bit of sales pitch here, but many on this forum have asked about mini fish sails in something other than the 'red, white and blue' we normally stock. So Neil Pryde Sails is now and for a limited time, stocking our mini fish sails in the full range of color that we currently build for the...

This is the Caribbean...I think it might be something other than a cigarette??

Drone video of sunfish sailing in the Caribbean.. https://youtu.be/x0mjLV4YISE bob pattison

I never understood why the sail was listed at 75 sqft...<grin> you can do the math or visit: Triangle Area Calculator - Side Side Side Our sail area is based the total area of all the panels...and remember the sails are not flat...there is a lot of luff round and foot round... bob pattison

For all the minifishers that have lamented a good source of sails. Rejoice! We have them in stock now, 'patriot' color scheme. Bob Pattison Neil Pryde Sails

We do! :) bp

Your point as to a policy on the racing sails to encourage people to buy and only race with them only may be, I don't know. But what I am saying is that it is entirely possible to make a recreational sail fuller than a racing sail. That would be a marketing effort outside of the 'sailmaking'...

Sail shape depends on how it is designed 3-dimensionally ...you can have flat racing sails or full ones and conversely you can have flat or full colored sails. 'recreational' does not make one fuller or flatter....this is a miss-conception. The 'shape' is a combination of luff/foot curve and...

For many on the forum who have asked us about mini-fish sails...I thought you would like to know that we are now going to build and stock some. Unlike our Sunfish sails, these will be in one color combo only (red, white, blue) until or if demand makes us rethink them. The sails are 66.8sqft and...

There is a product called 'whink' or wink that is rust remover that might remove this stain..we have used it on other metal and rust stains on sails. bob pattison neilpryde sails int