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Showing-off with oldfashioned dacron new mainsail #245939
03/22/12 02:08 AM
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Since Chip Buck from Whirlwind quited the cat-scene, I had to look for another sailmaker. Surprisingly I found one next door in Holland. There is this guy Mark van Schaik from Performancesails who works very closely with Nacraeurope. Infact he is the one who sewes all the sails for Nacra worldwide.
This winter he was very occupied with the new sails for the two nacra boats submitted to the next Olympic games. (One of which is the brandnew developed special F17!).

Anyway Marc was willing to return for me to old fashioned dacron ( 6 oz.) and make for me this new powerhead mainsail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9cy...Qa1PpcFPwPKz6JgOUsF64xIrKXaXrOY01bpGGFaM

In fact for me there goes nothing above an brandnew dacron sail. (Except for windsurfing where I'm used to non-dacron already for more then 20 years.

The footage is H.D. so full screen and sound advised.

P.S. You can see on the footage also a glimpse of the two lines from the frontbeam to the bowbar which are for the new system for climbing on board. I will report back to this in future.


ronald
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hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.
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Re: Showing-off with oldfashioned dacron new mainsail [Re: northsea junkie] #245950
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they look very nice, enjoy!

Re: Showing-off with oldfashioned dacron new mainsail [Re: northsea junkie] #246004
03/23/12 07:56 AM
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Nice sails! Is Chip really done?


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Re: Showing-off with oldfashioned dacron new mainsail [Re: northsea junkie] #246016
03/23/12 11:13 AM
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Yes, but he's really a nice guy. He was so ashamed that he waited so long with my last order that I suggested to look for another sailmaker.

The orders from the catscene were drying up and he couldn't make a living of it anymore. So now he is the overall salesman for Hyde Sails for the west- coast.

Atleast that's what I understood

ronald reeder

Last edited by northsea junkie; 03/23/12 11:39 AM.

ronald
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hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.

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