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Old Cuben Spinnaker

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PostedMay 26, 2017 at 1:25 pm

I friend of mine in the Virgin Islands has been on the lookout for a “Blown out” spinnaker made of Cuben Fiber.  I have wanted to play with this stuff for a while….but the price!   I’m trying to figure out what the technical gobbly gook is.  He has this one that he can get to me for $150.    I’m wondering if it worth taking the chance of buying this sight unseen.   Does this mean anything decipherable to anyone?

Spinnaker 43 35.2 25.4 25.4 Good- .75oz Nylon Asym All-Radial North Code 2A, All White, Seams have been double taped salty, Special Cuben fiber sail cloth fragile for racing only, Not a cruising sail, No bag check over and repair as needed.

JCH BPL Member
PostedMay 26, 2017 at 3:33 pm

Just guessing but…

North is a high end sail maker that pioneered cuben racing sails. They list an asymmetric 2A spnnaker here:  http://www.be.northsails.com/SailProducts/RacingSails/Downwind/VSeriesAsymmetricSpinnakers/tabid/4973/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Also, spinnakers are generally very big as they are a speciallized sail for running downwind. *IF* the material is something you want, and i have no idea if it is from the data you have, chances are you will get an enormous amount…like, you’ll probably never be able to use it all yourself for MYOG projects :)

James Marco BPL Member
PostedMay 26, 2017 at 3:58 pm

I would also note that they are cut to billow. Seaming will not exactly match MYOG projects.
Used, it may leak, also. Hard to say, sometimes they get pretty good use.

JCH BPL Member
PostedMay 26, 2017 at 4:08 pm

Re: cut to billow.  Yes, but they are constructed of flat panels. It would have to be deconstructed and then obviously you would have to work with whatever the dimensions of those panels were.

re: leaking.  Also yes, obviously waterproofness is not the principal value of a sail :)

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