When I say new,its been taken out of the bag just once but never raised on a boat at all.Size wise it suits a 48 foot yacht (Endurance 48) it may also suit any other similar sized yacht.The make is Ellens & Hudsen,well known Durban sailors and sailmakers,the quality and hand finish is really good.
The sail could also be used for its fabric alone to make a new suit of sails for a smaller boat,the tan cloth is a pleasure on the eye and does last a lot longer than plain white dacron.
New bag and tan dacron head sail.
Fine hand done leather works on the cringles,this looks like the head of the sail.
More nice finish work,this will be the Clew.
Bronze Piston Hanks can be removed if you want the sail to fit a furler,all that is needed is a suitable bolt rope sewing on.
We can have our local North Sails supply the bolt rope tape,cut and fit as their basic charge,you may want a UV cover sewing on too?
Technical stuff:
Known as a number one Yankee it is a 75% sized head sail,the area is 390 square feet or just over 36 square meters,the weight of the cloth is 325 grams.
The Luff is 15 meters,the foot 8.4 meters and the Leech 9.5 meters.
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