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The Dotan stocks and rudders will be about $1K or better for the pair.


Did you get a quote on that ?

But considering that the rudders both act as rudders and centreboards on these F12's an investment if proper gear will be well worth it from a performance point of view.

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A new sail may be $800


That is for a class 5 landyacht sail from a very respected sailmaker like R&J sails (supplier of champions in the landyacht business).

You are not paying so much for the materials or even the labour but for this company's expertise and ability to build winning sails.

Building these sails yourself should really be won of the more simple tasks if the panel layout of decent sail would be known.

In the coming weeks I may look very closely to my own R&J class 5 sails and see how it is build up. If it is simple enough then we may be able to adjust it to suit the F12 boat (more draft in sail)

Personally I wouldn't hesitate making my own sail if I knew that I had the panels dimensions of a decent sail. Dacron cloth is not that expensive and the building method is just basic sewing.

Wouter


Wouter Hijink
Formula 16 NED 243 (one-off; homebuild)
The Netherlands