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Hey, I looked at that last Saturday! It has the S2 9.2 insignia and is from about 1983. Not full batten. It's intact but no better than my current sail so I didn't bite. I'd like to have the insignia on my sail, though. The guy doesn't have an S2 but we talked sailboats for a long time. Nice guy.
It is a great price though. If your current sail is old you may wish to pick it up as a spare. Believe me, I have had a jib rip and a simple repair cost me $350. I waffled about repair vs. new and should have bought new as I could have gotten new for $700. I ended up getting it fixed so I wouldn't loose weeks of my already limited season...then it ended up raining for a month so it wouldn't have mattered.
Now that was for a 25 footer. I have the receipt for the new main that came with my 9.2 from North. Now this appears to be a highly optioned sail with batten tension adjustment, etc...but it was $3000. It is awesome having a new main, but if I had an original main and was trying to eke it out I'd probably snap up a $300 spare (to be frank I doubt I'd even bother to sell my spare main for under $500 even though I have a brand new main...for $300 I'd rather keep it as a spare...whereas $500 is a couple of boat payments...I really should look at the darned thing...for all I know it is a blown out piece of swiss cheese) and send one out to sailcare to be restored. They quote on any necessary repairs and put a resin in the sail that restores shape and stiffness. My friend had his main done (full battens and a huge roach) for his Freedom 28 and is very happy. Cost is very reasonable.
A used sail is probably less of a commodity for S2 9.2 owners, but for my old Lancer 25 people were always looking for used sails. Those boats sold for a song ($1000-5000) compared to a 9.2 ($10000-25000) so S2 owners are probably more likely to invest in a new sail. If you are considering it, get some ball parks on line, but don't buy on line without calling them on the phone. I got a quote from FXSails which I thought was pretty reasonable. I called them on the phone to discuss turn around and they slashed the price by another 10% on the phone to get my business. You can really deal off season.
Now that was for a 25 footer. I have the receipt for the new main that came with my 9.2 from North. Now this appears to be a highly optioned sail with batten tension adjustment, etc...but it was $3000. It is awesome having a new main, but if I had an original main and was trying to eke it out I'd probably snap up a $300 spare (to be frank I doubt I'd even bother to sell my spare main for under $500 even though I have a brand new main...for $300 I'd rather keep it as a spare...whereas $500 is a couple of boat payments...I really should look at the darned thing...for all I know it is a blown out piece of swiss cheese) and send one out to sailcare to be restored. They quote on any necessary repairs and put a resin in the sail that restores shape and stiffness. My friend had his main done (full battens and a huge roach) for his Freedom 28 and is very happy. Cost is very reasonable.
A used sail is probably less of a commodity for S2 9.2 owners, but for my old Lancer 25 people were always looking for used sails. Those boats sold for a song ($1000-5000) compared to a 9.2 ($10000-25000) so S2 owners are probably more likely to invest in a new sail. If you are considering it, get some ball parks on line, but don't buy on line without calling them on the phone. I got a quote from FXSails which I thought was pretty reasonable. I called them on the phone to discuss turn around and they slashed the price by another 10% on the phone to get my business. You can really deal off season.
Even for $1500
I think your plan is the best. Especially as you can buy new for $1500. You will certainly enjoy the performance gain.
By the way I just received an email from FX...20% off plus free shipping on custom sails ordered by 12/15. It is probably a good time, with the economy down, to buy sails if you have the resources yourself.
Thankfully, my Wife not only cleared the boat upgrade this year, she also later said "I'd rather see you spend more money on a boat for a slightly higher payment than buy something for $10K you will have to work on every weekend." Little did she know that you can spend $20K and still work on your boat every weekend . :troll: Anyway, the plus side was buying a boat with a new main, decent genoa (recent restitching and a foam luff added), SH150C color GPS chart plotter, recent main cover and recent Fairclough boom tent (which I plan to deploy today). Ultimately, since I found a good broker who got me 8.0% for 12 years, the difference was only about $60 more per month for a much better boat than I otherwise would have purchased.
I think your plan is the best. Especially as you can buy new for $1500. You will certainly enjoy the performance gain.
By the way I just received an email from FX...20% off plus free shipping on custom sails ordered by 12/15. It is probably a good time, with the economy down, to buy sails if you have the resources yourself.
Thankfully, my Wife not only cleared the boat upgrade this year, she also later said "I'd rather see you spend more money on a boat for a slightly higher payment than buy something for $10K you will have to work on every weekend." Little did she know that you can spend $20K and still work on your boat every weekend . :troll: Anyway, the plus side was buying a boat with a new main, decent genoa (recent restitching and a foam luff added), SH150C color GPS chart plotter, recent main cover and recent Fairclough boom tent (which I plan to deploy today). Ultimately, since I found a good broker who got me 8.0% for 12 years, the difference was only about $60 more per month for a much better boat than I otherwise would have purchased.
By the way, if you are going to have Dutchman reefing are you going to go the full mile and have a zippered cover ala the Doyle stack pack? How does the Dutchman reefing affect taking the sail on and off for winter storage? From what I read the fairleads attach to the topping lift. On my boat there is a fixed topping lift (wire from the mast, but it is a given length set up merely to hold the boom...it is a pain and I'd rather not have it as there is another wire clamped on the back stay that would serve), I presume yours is not? So I presume that the fairleads just detach from the topping lift and stay in the sail for storage. That sounds easy enough.
By the way, how the heck do you deal with folding the main for the winter? I had a nightmare trying to fold the very stiff new main. I am thinking about flaking it on the boom and then folding it on the boom inside my lazy jacks next year. It is loose footed, so it shouldn't be too hard to do.
By the way, have you decided on loose footed or not? Would it be impacted by the dutchman reefing? I definitely get better sail shape with it at the base of the sail and I'd have to say that the impact of the outhaul is much more apparent.
By the way, how the heck do you deal with folding the main for the winter? I had a nightmare trying to fold the very stiff new main. I am thinking about flaking it on the boom and then folding it on the boom inside my lazy jacks next year. It is loose footed, so it shouldn't be too hard to do.
By the way, have you decided on loose footed or not? Would it be impacted by the dutchman reefing? I definitely get better sail shape with it at the base of the sail and I'd have to say that the impact of the outhaul is much more apparent.
We have the Dutchman system now and have a two zippers from the top down the side of the cover where the two dutchman lines are. The lines come out of the sail easily for storage. We have a topping lift run over a block at the head of the mast and back down. It is adjustable and we can bring down the Dutchman attachment points to service them if needed. We were not going to go loose footed. I need to read up on that. On folding the main, we flaked it, pulled it out of the track and folded it over itself. It's not brand new...
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