I kave old sails that are barely seviceable, you guys have any ideas on how they can be used? boots, a wallet?

Mylar and Pentex make cool accents for briefcases, messenger bags and attaché cases - send them to Elizabeth Barberi in Pensacola and she'll make you something really cool. Dacron sail make awesome awnings and deck accents. I knew a place in Gulf Breeze that would pay you a few bucks for old sails that they strung up over an outdoor deck.

As John said, our youth sailors had old donated sails made into ladies bags and sail bags for next to nothing, then sold them to raise money. Anyone with talent and a sewinf machine can make you something cool, especially if your numbers and/or emblem is visible

Thank you Gents.

Before you give away sails, you might check with local Community Sailing Centers. We are always looking for donations. Quite often sails you do not keep, work well for our programs with minimum repair. We go thru a lot of sails each year. Sail repair is also part of our training.

www.sailsandpoint.org
Caleb Tarleton
Sail Sand Point, Seattle

I had a windbreaker made out ot one of my old Dacron P 18-2 mainsails once.

It was really cool, the huge P and the smaller 18-2 took up the whole back. It had a hood and everything.

Then after a few years, the old dacron ripped, so I then trashed it.

... how about a jacket? My wife has one of those:
http://www.morewind.net/jacken_foto1.html
http://www.morewind.net/jacken_foto2.html
http://www.morewind.net/jacken_foto3.html
http://www.morewind.net/jacken_foto4.html
These are made from Dacron, but other manufacturers can use Mylar, Kevlar and spi-cloth as well.

I have seen old sails strung up between trees at restraunts over outdoor eating areas.
It has to be just the right type of location with old buildings etc to look right but it did give a real
laid back casual feel to the restraunt.

Regards,
Phill

Eric, whats up with the ARC 21? You doin a complete revamp?
Pix please....

Use them for shade sails. Custom ones can cost some real money.

pretty much. I havent figured out how to resize pics so that I can post them. I have them under 100 kb but still get denied....

You can email them to me and i will resize (or post) them for you... andrew at bodyhealth.com

i cut up and use my old TheMightyHobie18 Jib (that shredded on the boat in a storm) as seat covers and floor covers in my car when i have my dog on my boat... they are prefect

Get a free Flickr or Picasa account and upload them there full size...then give us links.

For Christmas, my parents gave me a cool wine bottle tote that was fashioned from a used dacron sail.

Pretty unique.

If there are no pictures, it didn't happen.

you want to see pictures of my dacron floor mats?

OK fine.. it didn't happen! i lied.... i dont even have a car!

And you're going to join PETA.

ummmm what?