Mary,
When I was fixing the F16 logo to my Blade sail I intended to fix it near the clew as you suggested. When I went to do this I found the amount of stitching in this area because of the need to reinforce the clew made me dounbt the logo would stay on the sail. I reasoned that the stitching would allow salt water to get under the logo in sections and that would be the beginning of its demised.
My next option was the second panel towards the leach
of the sail. This worked fine.
As far as seeing the logo throught the sail. I adopted the approach that this is nothing more than a symbol. When viewed from the stbd side of the sail the F16 symbol is facing the way the boat is going. When looking at the port side the symbol is still looking where the boat is going instead of looking where it has been. To me this symbolises looking towards the future instead of turning your back on it and dwelling on the past,
To me this felt right and symbolic of the F16 class.
To do this I made up the F16 logo and then made up a mirror image of it for the other side of the sail.
I adopted the same prinpcle for the Blade symbol.
Everyone see things differently, this is just the way I see it.
Robi,
This is a rather surprising co-incidence. As making my own logo took a while I recently approached a sign manufacturer to make up F16 logos for some Blade sails that are being made. I was surprised at how reasonabley priced they are when purchased in qualtity and how expensive the are when purchased in low numbers. I have to take back a sample of both Dacron and Pentex to ensure the type of vynil selected will adhere to both materials. He knows it will work with Pentex as this chap makes symbols for sails for a local boat builder who uses Pentex on his boats.
As far as size goes. My view is it should be no bigger than what you can fit on an A4 sheet of paper.
I was thinking about getting a bunch of these made and sending them to Wouter. So as people approach him for membership they could also buy a logo if they wanted one.
Just an idea.
Regards,
Phill
