Andy,
Did you compare the GPL Lite Skin to Vectron sailcloth ? I have been
successfully racing with a 2004 Hood Vectron mainsail and it now needs
to be replaced. My understanding is one of the reasons Hood went out of
business was the Vectron sails weren't being replaced.
Don Kern
/Fireball,/ C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
On 9/27/2025 1:44 AM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List wrote:
It’s a laminate, but far better than the early stuff. No Mylar.
Your sailmaker can tell you about it better than I can and there’s
plenty of info on line. The reason I went for it is that I wanted to
get a long time out of my sails and I wanted them to hold their shape.
After what I’ve put it through, a Dacron main would have the draft
near the leech by now.
Andy
Andrew Burton
26 Beacon Hill
Newport, RI
USA 02840
http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/
+401 965-5260
On Sep 27, 2025, at 00:10, Bill Coleman via CnC-List
<[email protected]> wrote:
i'm really curious about this cloth, the last experiment i did was
Pentax, and I wasn't crazy about it. Is this a sandwich that is
going to deteriorate, or be supple like dacron, but with better
shape/longevity? it's not like a Mylar, is it?
Bill Coleman
Erie PA. Entrada
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM Andrew Burton via CnC-List
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Bruno,
I just got a new main made from GPL Lite Skin three years ago.
Seems a great product. A friend who helped develop the cloth said
it’ll outlast me! A touch more expensive than Dacron, but after
two hard Bermuda races and return and lots of other sailing and
abuse over the last three years, the shape is still excellent and
the sail looks brand new. Any sailmaker should be able to get the
cloth, but I got a very good deal from Jenkins Sails in Maryland.
I’ve been very pleased with the quality of his work. I’ll email
you a pic.
Hope all is well with you, mate still hoping to get up your way
one day.
Andy
Andrew Burton
26 Beacon Hill
Newport, RI
USA 02840
http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/
+401 965-5260
On Sep 25, 2025, at 20:07, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi group,
It is sail shopping time of the year and I am in the process of
buying a new mainsail for our 33-2. Essentially copying the
actual sail: triradial cruising laminate, 2 reefs, loose foot,
Cuningham, friction rings at the leech for reef points and then
the battens... Our actual main has one full batten at the top
but i see that many chooses to also have the second top batten
full lenght.
I dont want a Full batten main, but think that a second full bat
would help longevity. But my sailmaker warns me about more
friction hoisting and maybe less flexibility to twist the sail
in light wind.
For a boat the size of the 33-2 (high aspect main), to race and
cruise for the next 8-10 years, what would your collective
wisdom suggest between one or two full battens ?
Thank you very much
Bruno Lachance
Bécassine 33-2
New-Richmond, Qc
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