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Looking for Used Main Sail

Discussion in 'Marketplace' started by jag459, Aug 18, 2006.

  1. jag459
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    jag459 Junior Member

    We are looking for a good used mainsail with a 95' luff and 33' foot.
     
  2. Eagle Boats
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    Eagle Boats Senior Member

    Man, that's a big one!
     
  3. jag459
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    jag459 Junior Member

    107' masts and 36' booms like big mains. It's for a 78' maxi.
     

  4. JPC
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    JPC Junior Member

    I think you're most likely to find something (useable) by speaking with the major sail lofts, as they will know who's throwing away their last sails. There are many used-sail warehouses, but they are not likely to have anything of this size. If you're in communication with the community of persons that own/run maxi's, that's another route: when I sailed Kialoa III once, we had 'borrowed' sails from Coumontoros' Boomerang and that appeared to have been a deal worked out between friendly owners.

    -or follow some retired maxi's and see if there are some spare sails on them. By this I mean, e.g., the boats that have been donated to Orange Coast College, King's Point College, the US Navy Academy, etc. -these all probably arrived with an extra set of delivery and/or old sails that the recipients might not want.

    Good luck
    JPC
     
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