I want to put my company logo on my radial sail and possibly a full rig. I was thinking above the window on the starbord side. I had one of anna tunnicliffes sail with a logo there and looked pretty good.
So whats the class rules on sizes? And whats the best sticker material for a logo?
The class rules say nothing about this, so they are illegalWhat about purely decorative graphics?
Class rule 10: Advertising, including competitor advertising, is permitted in accordance with World Sailing Regulation 20 – Advertising code; except that the sail window shall be kept free of advertising or other graphic material.
WS regulation 20: http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/2019AdvertisingCode-[24775].pdf
Regulation 20 FAQ: http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/AdvertisingCodeFAQ-[19920].pdf
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Can you print on the material that people use for chafe protection on genoas and mainsails where the sails hit the spreaders and stanchions? I material should not come off the sail and is pretty white.
Can you print on the material that people use for chafe protection on genoas and mainsails where the sails hit the spreaders and stanchions? I material should not come off the sail and is pretty white.
As some are aware I've been inquiring on "how" to find durable, light weight, crisp ways to get a promotional ad on a sail. Well....I think I may have it figured out. We took delivery of a new printer this week and I ran some adhesive backed sail repair material through it. This weekend I'll apply these labels to my laser sail and go out to test durability, (capsize, luffing, so forth) and opacity. I'm a little concerned they could "wash out" with bright sun against the sail making them hard to see, but the material looks opaque enough. Also, according to the material supplier this stuff was designed long before there were printers around that you could attempt to process it through so he had no idea this could be done. This leaves us with more work to do to make sure the top coat and adhesive on this stuff doesn't screw up our $30k new investment! The ruler across the top is 12" to show current scale so while these are small we have the capability to print up to 63" wide by a nearly unlimited length. I'm encouraged so far, but stay tuned.....
Good question actually. The window should be kept free from any "graphic material", but this was builder-provided. It's part of the age-old (and still unanswered) question, "is everything that comes from a builder legal by definition?"Does ILCA Rule 10 make an old Radial sail, which was manufactured with '5.7' in outline graphics on the window, illegal?