My grandfather and the previous owners not only loved to buy sails, but keep them in amazing condition. The boat is outfitted with 9 sails from 1952 to 1984, and most are still in beautiful white crisp working condition.
The sails are a little bit of a museum piece, with some of the sails being 50 years old they are a rare bread in sailing now, much different cloth, grommets etc.
The most interesting thing I found on the sails is that each grommet, each shackle even are made out of Bronze! Which gives each sail a beautiful vintage feel and look.
I can't wait to fly each and every single one of these sails.
- #4- Smallest sail 100% of main
- #3 is a 110% which is mostly under the black and orange sail
- Black, Orange and White sail- Is the "reacher" it's approx. 160% made of light spinnaker material, perfect for "no wind days"
- #2 is a 130%
- #1 is a 160% which goes from bow to almost the stern with a huge pocket.
- NOT PICTURED- a beautiful spinnaker
Bottom three sails "mains" (left to right):
-#2 1980's smaller- Charlie Smith
-#1 1950's-1970's larger sail- Charlie Smith, a little bit stretched in the pocket
- Last sail is original 1950's however ripped in a few places the bottom.
That makes 3 mains and 6 head sails...YEE-HA!
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