Chip make a wonderful product - And the Preformance is out of this world

Wow!

SEXY!

that's hot.

310 is my local area code.

what material are those? Mylar/Pentex?

Yes. Tinted Mylar with Spectra tensile.

GARY

nice pic Gary... 2 questions,

what the heck is that on your tramp? Is that some kind of beach wheels near the back beam? or are you sailing to a pugil stick contest?

how the heck did you set up to reef a mystere sail....

Gordon, looks like you now have a cross-cut sail. Which fabric did Chip use and what motivated you in that direction?

Sail fast, Tom G

It's Pentex mylar and I really was impressed with chip's work - We spend every weekend chasing 5.8's and a Inter 20
so I wanted a bit more power - plus our old sails were at the end of their life. It was time to step up.

Gordon

Gordon, Tom's asking why you went with cross-cut sails rather than radial-cut. I'm curious, too.

Gordon,

they are beutiful! Sorry 'bout the hi-jack, but couldn't resist when I saw your sail number.



I carry three of those "pugil sticks" to roll the boat up and down the beach at the islands. We call 'em Q-tips.

Those rollers have traveled several hundreds of miles with me on that boat. I'd say that they've been used to roll the boat up and down beaches on various Channel Islands at least 55 times. They double as hull protectors when the boat is on the rocks.



I had reef points built into the original sails by Skip Elliott. I was satisfied with their performance so when I ordered new sails, I got them with the reef points in them. (EPsails)



GARY

does anyone have pictures of the X2 sails that whirl wind offers. Im interested in these sails but the website doesnt have any actual pictures

thanks for the data... i can see with the rocks in that picture that the q-tips are needed.

to be Honest - I let chip make that call as to what cut would work best. I figured he is the expert.

The radial cut I think looks a little better.

But thats probably a question for chip. It appears to me that it might be because of the material

What beautiful pictures!

Here is the answer from chip as to the way the sail is cut.

The new fabric FLEX13P from Dimension Polyant is the best of the cross-cut fabrics and works well with a your boomless system. Having the clew bar loads the foot of the sail not just at the corner with loads radiating out it's entire length. We don't want to load up the clew in the wrong direction, that will cause delamination. If you had a conventional setup (boom) then the tri-radial is more appropriate.

Interesting, but that doesn't seem to be the direction other sail makers are going.

Does your new sail have the aluminum bar in the clew?

Attached is a picture of the sails Chip made for my Hobie 14--Hooter and main. He made a custom jib, but I don't have a picture of it in action.

...and a second set he made for a friend's boat...

I looked at the Elliott/Pattison sails also, I have friends that just purchase a new main for their 5.8 and noticed the aluminum bar in the clew - Chip's sail does not but I'll live with that - still couldn't be more pleased.