Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com (opus-fddi.hpl.hp.com) by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA059435292; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:54:53 -0700 Return-Path: <jrunge@netcom.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA039495286; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:54:46 -0700 Received: from netcom20.netcom.com (jrunge@netcom20.netcom.com-DeleteThis [192.100.81.133]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6 HPLabs Relay) with ESMTP id WAA12251 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:54:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jrunge@localhost) by netcom20.netcom.com (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5/(NETCOM v1.02)) id WAA10120 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:50:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Runge <jrunge@netcom.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <199807280550.WAA10120@netcom20.netcom.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Sail repair To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:50:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <199807280055.RAA35526@bluedini.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis> from "Martin Frankel" at Jul 27, 98 06:17:42 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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> All I can say is Spinnaker is *absurdly* expensive. They charged me
> $70 for one small patch on a luff sleeve. In contrast, I just paid
> $80 -- including shipping both ways -- to get two entire panels of my
> Delta3 replaced by MultiSail. 1-800-DO-MULTI, they repair all brands.
> Shipping it out is a bit of a pain, though.
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> Martin Frankel |||| mdf@sgi.com-DeleteThis |||| (650)933-6191
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Much more labor to do a patch on a luff sleeve than to replace a panel.
Monofilm is so cheap compared to other sail cloth that the materials
cost is negligable.
Short story: sailor takes a broken harness buckle to be fixed, watches
repair guy spend 20 minutes picking out stiches, then 1 minute sewing
new buckle. Months later, breaks another buckle. Sits in front of them
tv with a seam ripper, picks out the stiches, removes the broken buckle.
Goes to the repair guys, says can you fix this? Repair guys says yes.
sailor holds up the harness, says I already did the hard part. Repair
guy perks up and says I can do that right now! 1 minute later, new buckle,
tiny amount of money, back on the water.
True story, documents on file.
Jay
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