Received the main sail at last from D & R Marine
Yesterday I finally got my new main sail after a few months of hunting for one. For those of you who have followed this blog, you know the trouble I’ve been through to get one. Yesterday was no different.
After tracking the package online with UPS I finally was expected to deliver yesterday. However I experience something I’ve never seen before. The tracking website showed and exception. It said it didn’t have the correct suite number. I called their 800 number and they setup a time for me to pick up at their distribution center in town. They were suppose to call me when it was available before 7:30 PM. Of course that didn’t happen. I just decided to drive there and see if I can find this thing. Apparently after the customer counter closes, the entire UPS office turns into a mad house. People are playing basketball in the parking lot, people are talking to their buddies on their cell phones, people are horsing around yet these packages still somehow manage to find its recipient. Mostly anyways. They finally track my package down after 15 minutes or so and I was a happy sailor.
the box the sail came in.
I was happy to find that the sail came with slugs already installed. It is also amazing the quality of a new sail vs. my old one. Everything is constructed very solidly and materials seem to be of high quality. It includes one set of reefing points which is something I didn’t have on my old sail.
Reefing point clew and batten installed.
What this sail has the I was not going to get with Porpoise Sails is the insignia of the boat. It is not that big of a deal but its always easier for people to find you out in the water. If I wanted to have my hull number on the sail I will have to make it myself. Maybe another day. At this point, I just want to sail it and see how it performs.
O’Day 22 insignia.
Head of sail with sail slug.
View of the sail. The cut is much fuller on top than my old sail.
Came with a nice sail bag.
Sails East logo by the tack of the sail.
Reinforce clew of the sail. Note the little pocket about the clew.
I couldn’t wait to test the fit on the boat so I went there last night before I went for my daily jog. It was a perfect fit. The old sail was loose footed but I think this new one fits better using the rope. At least for going upwind. I think it will perform much better going upwind but I will have to wait to find out tomorrow. I will take some photos of the sail on the boat and post it here as soon as I can.