Reggie made some great sails, but i'm skeptical about any sails lasting 30 years! I start looking at them critically after a year.
Reggie and his two brothers taught me a lot about sailing. Incidentally, Reggie is still in business making sails, I believe, and is somewhere around Morro Bay, CA. I intend to go look him up sometime. Jerry jerrymontgomery.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry E Yake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Sail Source Needed > 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
