The new set of sails from Stuart at Dabbler Sails arrived today. They will be bent on SPARTINA briefly on Wednesday so that Angel from Little Bay Canvas can measure for a new set of sail covers. Then the new sails will come off, waiting until the new covers are completed before putting the new sails on for good.
These are custom sails in every sense of the word. Stuart still had the sail plans with notes from John Welsford and myself for the first set of sail he made several years ago.
The materials, this time using a heavier Dacron, and workmanship are first rate.
From the invoice:
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I look forward to the first sail under the new wings.
2 comments:
I have been following your blog long enough to remember when Dabbler built the last set! I guess it was really several years ago.
Nice job treating yourself and Spartina to a new set for the next (continuing) journey!
Shawn, just looked it up. First set of Dabbler sails arrived seven years ago. That includes about 18 cruises up to two weeks long, a lot of day sailing and a lot of leaving SPARTINA on the river for a week week at a time for morning and evening sails. Not too bad, got a lot of use out of those sails. These are even better. Can't wait to bend them on. steve
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