I have meaning to write to you. We had a race 3 weeks ago that called for the #2 - first time using it - Absolutely beautiful sail - We hit the line at hull speed - first boat around the marks and first across the line - Great Day on the water. The sail performed very well.

Thanks,

Carey

DEAR BOB;
JUST A SHORT NOTE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INCREDIBLE NEW BLACK CAT SCREECHER FOR MY F-31R. WOW!
UNFORTUNATELY, WORK GOT IN THE WAY OF SAILING AND THE SAIL REMAINED IN ITS BAG UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE KING HARBOR YACHT CLUB CHRISTMAS REGATTA THIS DEC. 8. I USED THE SAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE FIRST LEG OF THE FIRST RACE AND WAS I IMPRESSED. WE HAD ONLY 5 TO 6 KNOTS OF WIND AND THE BIG MONOHULLS WERE FLYING CHUTES, BUT WITH YOUR SAIL WE MOVED OUR APPARENT WIND FORWARD SO WE WERE ON A BEAM REACH AND WERE THE FIRST BOAT IN OUR CLASS TO ROUND THE MARK.
I CAN NOT WAIT TO GET ON THE WATER AGAIN WITH THE SAIL, IF ONLY WORK WOULD STOP INTERFERING. HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE WEST COAST . SMOOTH SAILING AND THANKS AGAIN.
STEVE RASAK

Bob, thanks for the reminder. I'm the guy who was so pleased with the performance of the F-24 Black Cat screecher. I had asked Kurt to get one for me based solely on the performance record in the Nationals. Added to the fact that I have always been dissatisfied with the cut of my UK screecher. So, I logged on to your web site to see what I had bought, and to find any useful information. Kurt has the sail now, and is returning it to you for the addition of U-V protection so I can leave it furled without damage if I want to. Can't wait to get it back for some more great light to medium air sailing! Walt

By the way tell Bob that the screecher is very nice. In about 5 knots of wind I can get about 3.5 to windward and blow away the large monos. I am very surprised at how much luff tension I can get with a bridle to the bow pole. I expected it to be a lot less. It is about the same as on the 25c.

Hi Jim,

Thanks! The sails arrived just in time for our scheduled maiden voyage on Tuesday (UPS took their time) and they look and work great. Frederick Hartray came up to sail with my wife and I and he was equally impressed. I had never sailed with a chute before and was impressed by its ease of use and ability to sail a much higher course than expected. The screacher pointed so well that it make make the jib somewhat obsolete (we haven't used the jib yet).

Thanks again, Brad and Carol Schlossman

PS. I sent pictures along with a prior email (copied above) and got a message that the email was too big. I will send a couple more emails with one pic each to see if they get through that way.

Larry,

I purchased a new suit of sails for our F-27 last year. You will find a genoa provides the extra power needed to punch to weather in wind under 10 knots. Last June while sailing at the Chicago Noods there were two F-27's racing against F-31s and an F-28R. When the wind went light the F-27 with the genoa was able to sail away from the fleet. Unfortunately we left ours at home. I highly recommend you consider Sabre Sails http://www.sabresails.com/ . Their sails are competitive and because of technological advances in sail cloth, very price competitive.

Regards,

Phil Sanders
F-27 #305
fadin' fast
Kewaunee , WI

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David, I received my new Special K11 Gennoa on Thursday Oct 5th. Fitted the stachion patches on it Sunday Oct. 8th - used the sail for it's first race Oct. 15 th and won the PHRF class by over ten minutes. (Beat the entire fleet of J-22s that started five minutes ahead of us) This was a drifter. Not bad for a 19 year old Capri 25 - with a crew of three old racers and a NEW SABRE GENNOA. Thanks Dave!! George Forkin ( Jackson , MS )

Byron,

I highly recommend you consider Sabre Sails http://www.sabresails.com . I have purchased three mains, two maxiblades, a screacher and two spinnakers from Sabre for my F27F and have been very satisfied with them in all ways. The sails are well made and FAST.

I have purchased both racing and cruising sails from Sabre Sails. For you purposes, I would highly recommend you consider sails made of Pentex Cruising Laminate. David Ladurini is great to work with. david@sabresails.com

Regards,

Phil Sanders
F27F #305

From: JEFF COHEN, Los Angeles , CA

Date: Wed Apr 10, 2002 3:25 pm

Subject: SAILMAKER ISSUES

Many folks on this list have bashed SABRE SAILS because of poor service and poor quality sails.....

I for one....have to disagree. We switched to a Sabre cross-cut kevlar main late last season. We have been doing extremely well with it.

Two weeks ago we completed a 150 mile offshore race in conditions that ranged from 20-25kts on the nose with 10-12 foot seas during daylight hours to tight reaching in 20-30kts overnight. The final 67nm was completed in under four hours.....with the final 21nm done in 50 minutes. My simple math shows that to be close to 25kts. The distance and times are substantiated via gps and computer log. Its believed that we dropped the course record by one hour thirty five minutes.

But back to the sail issue...... we knew we were ahead of the course record and didnt want to take the tme to reef.....and expected the wind to drop as we got closer to shore (as it did).....so we de-powered the main with excessive downhaul.....any of you racing with the "new" aluminum rig know that its way too stiff....and much too difficult to bend...

Well....we had some damage to the cloth below the ring at the top of the sail....not enough to prevent us from racing offshore the following weekend. And this sail has been pushed really hard in some nasty condtions...

I left a message for them and prior to getting to my office on Monday morning, they had already arranged round trip Fed Ex -overnight service for the sail.....(ON THEIR QUARTER!!!) All I had to do is get in into a box. When the sail arrived, and they looked it over...they called and reviewed what they saw....and inquired if there were any sail shape issues that needed to be looked at......nope.....Then Bob joked that next time we need to send something.....maybe it should be sent dry...... :-) I applaud them for the service they are putting out!!!

Jeff Cohen
F-31 Mental Floss

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felix,

my old main had similar problems and the construction loooked very similar. Our new sail by Sabre Sails ( Fort Walton Beach , Fla ) goes up and down withe ease!! the primary issue is that the luff curve on the old sail did not match the mast curve. Add to this that the Sabre sail is signicantly faster and easier to shape
than my old one and it was a no brainer!!!

Jeff Cohen
F-31R Mental Floss

10:28 AM 2/20/03 -0500, you wrote:

WOW, I had no clue how much a difference in the power of the boat that a non-kleenex sail would make!! Thanks so much, am I pleased with the sails. Also thanks for repairing the sail cover.

Chri Gray

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Our new sails fit perfectly. Thanks for a job well done. James Obrien

For Jim Kitchen,

Jim, Thanks your fast response on my battons last night. It is just what I needed to hear, sitting with a problem 1400 miles away. Much appreciated.

Regards

Steve White

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First of all, thank you very much for the sail which you made for my Hobie 18SX. It fit the boat extremely well, the battens fit, it looks great and I am quite convinced it will outlast the stand Hobie sail by many years. I am still adjusting to the differences in the handling of the boat (bows stay down much better than with the stock sail).

I have some racing coming up and would like to know the square footage for the sail for handicapping.

Hope everyone is having a great summer (late Spring).

Reb Blanchard