Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Sunfish North Sail Canada Fogh

16 Jul 19:

From the 1980 WINDWARD LEG, Sunfish newsletter, information on the early days of race sail development by Hans Fogh. He added bi-directional panels at the head and clew, broadseaming to increase panel fullness, cut the foot and luff to match spar bend and add draft, reinforced the corners, changed the luff and foot grommets to spur grommets, reinforced the grommet/seam tape, developed fabric specifications to ensure cloth weave standardizations, and cut mylar patterns that were used to cut all of the race sails. We are lucky to own one, it came with ZIP, the folks at the Niagara Sailing Center or her previous owners upgraded her. We think is one of the earlier sails produced by the North Sails loft in Canada, in partners ship with Hans Fogh.

Reinforced corner and spur grommets.


Fuller foot to match spar bend.


When the sail middle won't lay flat, that indicates broadseaming.


North Sails Canada logo.


Fuller luff.

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