Old sails revisited

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Chuck

Has anybody had experiance with a company called Sailcare and there LaMauney reconditioning process. My sails are 18 years old and need help I'm hopeing for two or three more years of use before I replace them. Will this process give me some time. Asuming I have them do any other recommended work. Thanks in advance for any info.
 
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Bill O'Donovan

Mixed reviews

Sailcare did an extraordinary job cleaning, bleaching and re-resining my Catalina 25 sails. Then a local sailmaker scolded me for sending them there because he said Sailcare simply "overheats" the cloth to make it "melt" and hence the resin. Hey, it worked for me.
 
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MJ

Sailcare

When I bought my first boat, I sent the sails to Sailcare on the advice of a friend. They came back very clean and a little stiffer, but I think the effect was primarily cosmetic. After using the sails for one season, I sold them and bought a set of used and new sails. The Lamaunay process gave them higher resale value, but I think there was no net gain and there was no performance gain that I could detect. If your sails are not too stained, try washing them before putting them up for sail. For the money I paid to Sailcare, I could have bought much better quality used sails. Incidentally, every sail loft I have dealt with since is very critical of their process, however, for different reasons; also according to Sailcare, they don't bleach the sails. Good luck.
 
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