The Glaser spin I have is not stitched except for the edges and patches. I was surprised a little to start with but then realized that with modern glue there was no real need to stitch the spin cloth all the way.

I need to be careful though... In truth, I have a bad tendency to do things "good enough" sometimes so I am going to have to pay attention and make sure everything is better than that. I imagine that screwing up by a few mm with the basting then sewing would screw up the shape pretty good? Not the whole shape, but you would be able to see it when it is loaded up.
I am due to get a quote from them on Monday and I am curious as to how much $$ it will be.
The machine can pay for itself certainly when I think of the number of times I have had sails and tramps repaired. Need to restitch my spin bag too.
When this all gets going, I will post some pics if anyone is interested... though not sure how interesting it will be to anyone but me and you <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

P.s. edit- how much of a real difference do you think there is between a radial cut jib and cross-cut in terms of performance? I figure once I get going the difference in time probably won't be crazy excessive but there is probably an increase in cost due to the more cuts for the radial cut. Will ask the price diff on Monday. The material cost of a laminate over dacron is about 50% more.