My experience is that it is invaluable to have the loft able to come measure, fit, review, revise, and service your sail. Many many lofts will send the actual manufacture of the sail overseas but that is irrelevant if you have a loft that is performing the above services.
I use Quantum because they are the loft that is less than 5 minutes away. If desired part of their service is to rig and unrig the sails and sail pack... I don't even have to there! Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 07:59 Lewis Cooke <lewiscooke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > Thank you for all the comments regarding sails for For Play. I have > received quotes from 5 different lofts regarding sails and although I > believe you get what you pay for, I also agree with what Joe said that you > are buying a sail maker as well. > Here is a list of quoted sails, I tried to keep it apples to apples as > much as possible, > Daron cruiser/ Wednesday night racer > 1Reef, cunningham, Draft stripes, Leach tell tails, full batten on top and > numbers. > Precision 1,030.61 Made in Sri Lanka > Sobstad 1,459.00 Made in Cleveland, OH > North Sails 1,848.00 Made in ? > Doyle 1,800.00 Made in ? > Rolly Tasker 1,398.00 Made in ? > UK Sails 1,745.00 Made in Chicago > > I'm leaning towards Sobstad because they are local (1/2 hour drive) from > me,North, Doyal, Rolly Tasker all have lofts in town But the sails are > manufactured elsewhere. > Thoughts from anyone? > > Lewis Cooke > S/V For Play > C&C 30-1 > Hull #45 > Lorain, OH > > > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
