Gregg Posted July 10, 2007 Author Posted July 10, 2007 Greg, I made my own sails as well. It was not at all hard except that I had never made sails before, and did not know anything about the parts I was sewing. It was fun. Sailrite is where I bought my kit. I saved at least $450.00 doing it myself. It only took about a week working a few hours a night. Sailrite also is very helpful when you have trouble. Best of luck. Gregg Quote
Greg Luckett Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Gee, I just saw that Sailrite is at 4506 S. State Rd. 9, Churubusco, IN. This is only about 100 miles from me. For some reason I thought they were over in PA somewhere. Quote
Greg Luckett Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Duh me, I just found the search page. ??? Thanks anyway! Quote
Frank Hagan Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Gregg, I just took a quick look at the Sailrite site and could not find a kit for the Weekender listed. How did you find your kit? I am interested in one for the Spindrift 12 and also the Princess 26. I wonder if they make custum kits? Thanks for the advice and encouragement. Greg, check at http://quotesys2.sailrite.com/ShowAd.aspx?id=8138&sourceid=0 for the Weekender. From their main site, you click on the link on the right for the "SailPlan Database" and then search for the boat you are looking for. They have hundreds listed! Quote
Gregg Posted July 11, 2007 Author Posted July 11, 2007 Greg, Give them a call, they do custom kits I think. 800-348-2769 Toll free Gregg Quote
Norman Colter Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 [quote author=Ray Frechette Jr So, an epoxy primer works a as a good tie coat. You cna apply it to epoxy that has been cured enough to sand well, and then sand it out and topcoat. I use Systems 3 2part epoxy primer that is water based. The primer is odor free, and dries totouch in a few hrs. The final cure of it is temp dependant. Once it is finally cured it sands off as a very light non clogging powder. If the paper is clogging it ain't cured yet. So with temps in the 80's approximately how long to "cure" thanks, Norm Quote
Norman Colter Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Thanks Ray, That is pretty accurate to what has happened today. Applied this morning. About an eighty degree day. Still clogged the paper after eight hours but markedly different at ten hours. And we've brought this thread back to paint. thanks again, Norm Quote
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