PaulM said:I recently purchased a new radial sail. It cost ~$1000 (AUS). At my club where I sail there a number of Tasers, a new set (main & jib) of mylar sails cost around $650 (AUS). These sails stretch very little and last a long time, much longer than Laser sails. Will this ever be the way we go with Lasers?
Merrily said:If you are sailing only at the local level, you probably don't have to buy a class legal sail. I'm pretty sure that no one from my club would complain if I used a practice sail for the Sunday afternoon races. A practice sail can be obtained for half price or less. Of course, you'd have to be careful to not end up with a worse sail than the class legal ones, and this might take some experimentation.
Old Geezer said:If the legal sails are such rubbish as everyone seems to believe then it's entirely possible that a so-called "practice" sail from another sailmaker would actually be better than a legal sail. Would the folk at your club complain then?
PaulM said:I recently purchased a new radial sail. It cost ~$1000 (AUS). At my club where I sail there a number of Tasers, a new set (main & jib) of mylar sails cost around $650 (AUS).
PaulM said:I recently purchased a new radial sail. It cost ~$1000 (AUS). At my club where I sail there a number of Tasers, a new set (main & jib) of mylar sails cost around $650 (AUS). These sails stretch very little and last a long time, much longer than Laser sails. Will this ever be the way we go with Lasers?
styluscentral said:I am just trying to keep the cost of great sailing down.