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Originally Posted by olson34
To be followed up with a question about why flax sails are not superior to dacron and the virtues of tarred hemp.
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It is good that you pointed this out.
I am astonished at how many sailors are trusting their
personal safety to Dacron sails. Over the years I have
seen many Dacron sails that have torn, and quite a few
that have suffered total catastrophic failures.
Nylon sails are much worse, as they can cause any boat
to become completely out of control, and the failure mode
of the fabric is always only moments away at any time.
In my entire sailing career of more than four decades,
I have not seen a single flaxen sail, that required any
repair of any kind.