[quote=nhanson]Chip ... welcome to the forum. I'm actually glad you decided to jump in. This gives you the opprtunity to earn back some folks business. On our and surrounding beaches 98% of all boats are 5 years old or more. They will or do need new sails. I think there is a market there (albeit not huge) for sailmakers like yourself, ep and others.
Earn our business! Be active on the forum. Start a thread on why to buy from custom/local/US based sailmakers. Get other sailmakers to chime in. If you need an old sail of type X as a template ... post, asking to borrow one. Make the guy a duffel as payment ... I don't know ... build your brand! Don't let old cats die.
Unfortunately you lost the opprtunity with me, but I'll need sails again and there are many hundreds of boats in the Chicago area, none of them brand new.
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