[quote=MN3]I had a very good experience with Chip at whirlwind. he made me 3 dacron jibs this year. all well made and very cost effective.
I had very poor experience with SLO sails and canvas. I contacted them years ago about making me a tramp (after asking people on this site about their results with slo sail and canvas).
They hadn't made one for my brand before so asked i send in my old one with lots of measurements of the track the tramp attaches to.
I was promised a quick turn around (without request). I was also offered a pretty light price for the work since this was their first time (again without request)
After they were a month late or so i contacted them. was promised it would be done "this week" (I even stated "I wasn't asking for a rush job, just please don't tell me it will be ready this week if it wont be. Take your time, do it right". They failed to do it "that week", or the next, or the next. I contacted them again and was again promised "this week". After that ... they stopped communicating with me (didn't return calls, didn't return emails). That was the last i heard from them.
They never made the tramp , they never returned my old one.
If i knew then what i know now .... i would have sued them.
you can search this site or google for "don't do business with SLO" and read the entire story if you care. I know others have had success with slo sail and canvas but i came to find out they are unscrupulous and would NEVER do business with them again.
After the fact it came out that they had "gone dark" on a few other customers in the past.
I had lots of people contact SLO on my behalf. Their responses were " we got swampped, we were in the midde of a move, I was a pain in the ass as a customer, the work will get done"
[quote]I was able to confirm that the 21SC boom uses the same aluminum extrusion as H16 boom.[/quote]
Same extrusion doesn't mean same length. I would be shocked to find out a 21 foot boat has the same size sail foot as a 16' boat. aka: highly doubt they are interchangeable. I saw your post in the hobie forums. You can ask Matt M. to confirm (or dispute) what i said. he would know - he is da man!!!!
again - i would suggest you contact Tackle Shack and ask Andy or Jimmy about a boom - they have a huge warehouse in back full of random catamaran parts[/quote]
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