[rjwright]

My personal belief is that you can have your sails cleaned much more economically and better elsewhere. The last time I had a sail cleaned and inspected I used North Sails, and I was very pleased with the work and the price.

Years ago, I made the mistake of having Sailcare "rejuvenate" and clean my mainsail and convert the sail to full batten and they completely botched the job. I had my local sail loft redo their work. In retrospect, I naively threw money down a rathole trying to "rejuvenate" a tired sail. The process left the sail whiter, but it came back with the stitching shot and the loft work completely screwed up. I would have been far ahead to put the money towards a new sail. It was a total waste of money.

If you want to have a sail repaired, inspected or cleaned, I would suggest you find a real loft. A good sailmaker will tell you if the sail is beyond hope, or will do what you need done for considerably less than Sailcare.

Lots of folks seem pleased with them, but I am not one of them based on my one experience. If a sail is worn out, having it whiter and crisper isn''t going to put the shape back into it. Just my thoughts.