Custom graphic on a cruising spinnaker

Oct 23, 2019
19
Hunter 376 Tarrytown
I have access to what they claim is as-new 0.75 oz. assymetrical spinnaker.

It is a very bland, boring single color. Kind of a lame blue.
Has anyone arranged a custom graphic to add to an existing sail?

I have no idea if that can be printed, or if we are talking about taking apart and sewing in panels???

Really just reaching out to see if anyone has any relevant experience.
The sail is sizeable. luff is 47 ft.

Raphael on the Hudson
 

JRacer

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Aug 9, 2011
1,358
Beneteau 310 Cheney KS (Wichita)
I had my J24 symmetrical chute with graphics and my B310 symmetrical chute is the same. The sailmaker did it when they built the chute. It's not fabric panels but for lack of a better word, ink. I sent them an image file of my businesses logo that our graphics designer produced and the sailmaker used that to produce the image on the sail.
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JRacer

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Aug 9, 2011
1,358
Beneteau 310 Cheney KS (Wichita)
JRacer, your graphics guy is talented. That's a nice logo.

-Will
The idea that he came up with was, we deal with chaos, that's what is coming in on the left and we grind through our gears and we make order out of the chaos. Talented local Wichita guy, has lots of awards for his work. He designed that about 40 years ago.
 
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Jan 26, 2019
70
Catalina 30, mkI 2462 Waukegan, IL
Guy in our fleet traced it out nice and then I think did it with markers like Sharpies.....

What about sticky back Dacron? SailRite has tutorials on how to do logos for mainsails. Why not the same for a chute? Perhaps the extra weight is significant for a chute. . . . just thinking aloud (well, in type)...