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The December issue of Cruising World Magazine (published in N. America) had an article that I contributed to, called ' Choose the right sails for the long haul'.
They also have included the full text of the contributions on their online site
I think most here might find the article quite informative and for a much more detailed read of my in-depth comments from the link below.
I spent a fair amount of time on this article and it really incorporates a lot of my ideas that I have formed over the years of interacting with our Neil Pryde agents, Beneteau Owners and Dealers on sails, construction, cloth choices and the like.
My contribution can be found at: http://www.cruisingworld.com/gear/sails-rigging/best-sails-for-sailing-around-the-world
I hope you find it useful and/or informative.
The premise for the article was two boats...a traditional cutter from the 70's being outfitted and and will have things that will apply to older Beneteau models and those who might be considering an inner forestay for example or even planing to do an offshore passage. The newer contemporary 'cutter' being outfitted and how to best go about this different but similar boat will be more suited to the newer style Beneteau boats like the Sense line and the newest boats such as the very new B38 cumming online now.
Thanks again for the valuable feedback.input, and questions you have given me over the years as this helps me to accumulate real world data that can be made sense of and often shows me problems that can be better addressed or better implemented on our sails.
Best,
Bob Pattison
Neil Pryde Sails
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The December issue of Cruising World Magazine (published in N. America) had an article that I contributed to, called ' Choose the right sails for the long haul'.
They also have included the full text of the contributions on their online site
I think most here might find the article quite informative and for a much more detailed read of my in-depth comments from the link below.
I spent a fair amount of time on this article and it really incorporates a lot of my ideas that I have formed over the years of interacting with our Neil Pryde agents, Beneteau Owners and Dealers on sails, construction, cloth choices and the like.
My contribution can be found at: http://www.cruisingworld.com/gear/sails-rigging/best-sails-for-sailing-around-the-world
I hope you find it useful and/or informative.
The premise for the article was two boats...a traditional cutter from the 70's being outfitted and and will have things that will apply to older Beneteau models and those who might be considering an inner forestay for example or even planing to do an offshore passage. The newer contemporary 'cutter' being outfitted and how to best go about this different but similar boat will be more suited to the newer style Beneteau boats like the Sense line and the newest boats such as the very new B38 cumming online now.
Thanks again for the valuable feedback.input, and questions you have given me over the years as this helps me to accumulate real world data that can be made sense of and often shows me problems that can be better addressed or better implemented on our sails.
Best,
Bob Pattison
Neil Pryde Sails
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Long time sailor, racer, offshore the works. And of course the folks at AYS.