Damon and others had asked about a brochure for the DP Injection Sail Cloth that I had used on my Nacra 5.2 restorations. Here is a link to the PDF.
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a local ordered a new set of sails (3) for E/P (i think) and was sent a sample of the red
I saw it. - PFU! (pretty freakin' ugly)
he called them up and said "no-way".
It would certainly "stick out" but ...
i wouldn't want it either. (the other colors look much better to me)
MN3 wrote: a local ordered a new set of sails (3) for E/P (i think) and was sent a sample of the red
I saw it. - PFU! (pretty freakin' ugly)
he called them up and said "no-way".
The way these sails are made I don't think a sample would tell you much. The first set of these injected sails I saw were Joe Procreva's Nacra 20 at OSYC, can't find a picture of it right now, anyone have one? It's got the red sails with red hulls (which have custom flames). It's pretty spectacular.
At Island Hop at OSYC there was an F18 that had a set of these in blue and it was pretty mellow, the color wasn't very bright, but still nice looking. Better than the shades of grey everyone has these days.
Seems like they could make solid colors the same way by mixing the color in with the glue. I'd like to see more color in our beachcat sails!
The tangerine (red) sails that I received are nice, but as Demon says, it will depend on hull color. It is hard to get a good idea of the material from the brochure and even with a small sample. When I first pulled the sails out of the bag they didn't wow me. But after pulling them into the sun and seeing the variations as the light passed through, my first thought was that they are going to look pretty great with a set of bright yellow hulls under them.
White on white and grey on white is getting pretty bland. It's when the bright colored spinnakers are flown that I find myself thinking, 'That's a pretty cool looking Cat'.
i agree, hull colors make the deal work
craig, your boat looks great!
the blue boat with that blue is amazing
i am still not a fan of the red, even after seeing that pic above.
and i COMPLETELY agree, more color is needed. - but the black and white combo still looks hot in the right situation
but the black and white combo still looks hot in the right situation
Everyone take a close look at that one...it would be hot with RAGS for sails!
This one??
Tim
That red I20 gets around. Saw it at Tradewinds last January sailed by a fellow Michigander. Beautiful boat - the airbrush work on the sides was probably more impressive than the sails.
Someone had the green/yellow variety sails on an Infusion. Pink spin didn't do it for me though. Yuck!
So your saying Kevlar goes well with nude co-Ed crews?
The colors intensity changes often with the direction of the sun.
I was the previous owner of the red N20. It was a gorgeous boat with black daggers and rudders. I sold it because the hulls got unbearably hot.
rehmbo wrote: That red I20 gets around. Saw it at Tradewinds last January sailed by a fellow Michigander. Beautiful boat - the airbrush work on the sides was probably more impressive than the sails.
Someone had the green/yellow variety sails on an Infusion. Pink spin didn't do it for me though. Yuck!
Pink plus green is a poor color combination. All pink would be fine, grow some balls.
Edchris177 wrote: Everyone take a close look at that one...it would be hot with RAGS for sails!
Thanks for the head's up- I would have completely missed the detail on those hulls had you not pointed it out.
Well just in case anyone is wondering about cost - I had a set priced for one of my Non Catamarans A set of dacron sails in 5.7oz were priced for 1500.00, the Infusion sails were 2500.00 from the same sailmaker. In this case I want the sails more for advertising impact (btw Ad Logos NOT included in this price) so for me is it worth 1000.00 extra to have something to catch your eye - YEP!!
Are these made (new sail) with the color injection or can you add to existing sail? 😕
new laminate sails - guess you could twist up the old sails and do the tie dye thing. Know any hippies???
Lee,
The Infusion sails from SLO Sail and Canvas were only 10% more than the standard laminate. They now show my 5.2 on their site and list the main sail cost as $1,150. All I can say is shop around. I contacted a sail maker in Huntington Beach and they were over $2K for the main. You can check out the tangerine sail held up to the light on their site http://www.slosailandcanvas.com/servlet/the-1913/Nacra-5.2-Radial-Laminate/Detail
It was a $200 upgrade for me, so only a 5% increase in cost on a new set.
Craig is that your 5.7 in the profile pic and where was the shot taken and the sail number. It looks just like my old 5.7 sail number SH22
bacho wrote: So your saying Kevlar goes well with nude co-Ed crews?
Taste less yet tasteful haha
Jenna,
Yes that's my 5.7 also. San Diego, sail 252.
nacraflyer wrote: Jenna,
Yes that's my 5.7 also. San Diego, sail 252.
I had Elliot Pattison make me up a set of square tops for it in mylar,, greatly improved the boat speed and light air handling. I sold the 5.7 sails to a guy in Miama
Florida
samc99us wrote: [quote=rehmbo]That red I20 gets around. Saw it at Tradewinds last January sailed by a fellow Michigander. Beautiful boat - the airbrush work on the sides was probably more impressive than the sails.
Someone had the green/yellow variety sails on an Infusion. Pink spin didn't do it for me though. Yuck!
Pink plus green is a poor color combination. All pink would be fine, grow some balls.
That's one of sarasotas club boat. I think we bought it with those sails. But I'm not a fan of the spinnaker
Craig
That quote was from SLO It was also from Dacron to Infusion vs a laminate to infusion so that may be the big difference These were quoted for my Capri 22 with 115% headsail
I ordered a new set of sails from Elliot Pattison in the purple and red injection DP sail material. Woot. Gonna be a bright colorful new sailing season
Edited by JennaMeyer on Dec 13, 2013 - 09:37 AM.
Let us know what you think of the purple when you get it. I have the green and the red for the two Nacra 5.2's, and I'm going to redo my Nacra 5.8 hulls in bright Canary Yellow gel coat this winter. I am trying to decide if I want a different color sail material on the 5.8, or stick with the green or red.
nacraflyer,, sure will. They have changed the color pattern slightly so the original material isn't exactly like the original. But it is a unique to the batch process as they are small runs of material. They asked me for pictures of the sails on the boat in the spring for promo stuff I guess. Should be kewl with my florescent pink spinnaker up. talk about bammmmm effect. I told Ian Elliot I wasn't in a hurry but now I'm like a kid opening gifts on xmas morning wanting to see them
[ They have changed the color pattern slightly so the original material isn't exactly like the original. ]
Well that sure was confusing even to me, it should have said, ( The new material isn't exactly like the original )