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Old 07-25-2009
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For new sails, Dirk at National Sail Supply had the best prices. He is sourcing his sails from Rolly Tasker in Thailand. I bought a light #1 from him yrs ago and it was of good cloth and craftmanship. A lot of big name lofts are also doing this. For racing sails, I would recomment Kame at Pineapple Sails in the SF bay area. For used sails you can even find decent sails on Ebay. The composite sails will hold their shape until they creep, fatigue or are flogged to death and then delamination occurs. Dacron can be recut/ broad seamed, mylar delams,,well not so easy to salvage. Good luck and get out on the water when you can.
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