Well, wouldn't you know it. As soon as I bragged up my old Reggie Armstrong sail.... I just got off the phone with SailCare and they recommended replacing the sail, rather than investing in repairing and re-resining the old one. They also make sails, so he's going to give me a bid for a new sail patterned after the old RA. I talked with him awhile about the various options that always come up when considering a new sail, such as more roach, full battens, boltrope or slugs, etc., and decided to stay with the original design. When I get his bid, I'll be glad to let anyone who's interested know his price.
Larry > I'm still using my old Reggie Armstrong main, Howard, and it's > almost 30 > years old. It's at SailCare right now getting rejuvenated, but the > old > sail still works great. Seems to be as fast as the other M17's I > sail > with and the shape looks good. I suspect the original owner of the > boat > didn't put much wear on it. > > I've thought about getting a new main just because of the age of > the > sail, but I'm not convinced I would get an improvement in > performance, > especially after your experience. > > Larry > > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:53:20 -0600 Howard Audsley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This may sound like heresy to some who have been around a while, > but > > I'd like to have an exact replica of the old Reggie Armstrong > Sails > > that came with the boat when it was new. Main and working jib. I > > managed to get the boat up to 6 knots on a beat once with those > old > > blown out sails. It did fine for the first 3 or 4 years I had the > boat > > > until the mainsail ripped. I was told they were not even fit to be > > > drop cloths, but I still have them. > > > > I replaced the main with a flatter cut, full batten sail, with > more > > roach and a high aspect 110% jib than runs all the way to the > > masthead. I don't think I get as much speed out of the new sails > and > > the boat heels more. > > > > But lacking some miracle comeback from Old Reggie, my genny came > from > > EP and it's a good sail. As Bob says, they make sails for him and > know > > > what they are doing. They get my vote too. > > > > If you are in an area with the potential for high wind, get two > reefs. > > Deeply reefed, she can stand a lot. > > > > Howard > > > > On 11/17/05 8:04 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I recently ordered and bought a 150 genoa from Elliot Peterson, > to > > fit my new > > > MCI roller furling. Somewhat pricey but it turned out great. > I'm > > totally > > > satisfied. Soon I will replace the main and have them do it. > > > > > > Bill K M-17 Half Monty (#55) > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
