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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 18:42:08 EDT
I didn’t even think of modern sails when I read that post. I was thinking of
the traditional English sail made with tanbark cloth. If you use tanbark you
get a red or dark brown sail. The color comes from the preservative the
English used on flax and cotton sails. Is Kevlar and spectra a good choice
for cruising sails now? I have only used them on the racing boats. I always
had the impression that they were somewhat delicate and didn’t stand up to
the rigors of offshore work.
All the best,
Robert Gainer
>From: "R. A. Hettinga" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: [world-cruising] tan sails ??? how to ?
>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:50:52 -0400
>
>"Tan" sails are made or reinforced with kevlar. They used to be called
>"coffee-stains", don't know what people call 'em now.
>
>carbon reinforcement is greyish, spectra is kinda blue-ish...
>
>Cheers,
>RAH
>
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>R. A. Hettinga <mailto: >
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>experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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