I am considering a new genoa for my O'Day 31and have some general questions.
I currently have a very old 150 and am thinking of moving down a bit to a 135 or so.
This is going to be "dacron" material for local cruising and day sail use only in the Santa Monica bay out to Catalina island where the wind is generally on the light side but sometimes does pipe up.
I have been looking at Doyle and UK. Both companies have reps in my area. UK has an actual loft very close to home where they do repairs and I have had good experiences with them maintaining my old Genoa. Doyle's closest facility seems to be about 125 miles away. Not sure that is an issue but a closer loft might make adjustments and repairs more convenient. I know neither of the sails would be "made in America".
UK has a foam luff reefing flattener where Doyle apparently uses some kind of rope for their luff flattening pads. Does anyone have experience with one over the other?
I am not overly particular but haven't bought a new sail in about 15 years so am not really up on how to compare the quality of the companies (or the specific materials they use).
I know it's a pretty open area but any input would be interesting to hear.
I currently have a very old 150 and am thinking of moving down a bit to a 135 or so.
This is going to be "dacron" material for local cruising and day sail use only in the Santa Monica bay out to Catalina island where the wind is generally on the light side but sometimes does pipe up.
I have been looking at Doyle and UK. Both companies have reps in my area. UK has an actual loft very close to home where they do repairs and I have had good experiences with them maintaining my old Genoa. Doyle's closest facility seems to be about 125 miles away. Not sure that is an issue but a closer loft might make adjustments and repairs more convenient. I know neither of the sails would be "made in America".
UK has a foam luff reefing flattener where Doyle apparently uses some kind of rope for their luff flattening pads. Does anyone have experience with one over the other?
I am not overly particular but haven't bought a new sail in about 15 years so am not really up on how to compare the quality of the companies (or the specific materials they use).
I know it's a pretty open area but any input would be interesting to hear.