I'm thinking of putting up a new sail on my 2004. The current sail is a replacement by the PO, about 8 years old, and fairly blown out. I'm somewhat interested in ditching the white, although probably not for a faux-tanbark. The Egyptian cotton tones would be striking on my boat, but I don't know if that is do-able on a SC.
Who's gone through these motions? How did you get started? Are the dimensions online?
Hi, Renae:
Sailrite gives nominal SunCat sail dimensions on their website.
They caution that they are maximum values, and a starting point only.
https://www.sailrite.com/Com-pac-Sun-Cat-Sail-Data (https://www.sailrite.com/Com-pac-Sun-Cat-Sail-Data)
If I were to replace my SunDayCat sail, I would strongly consider reducing some length off the bottom:
To provide greater ability to tension the luff, and
To provide greater clearance above the boom cradle.
Regards, Roland
Does Com-Pac post or release the original measurements?
Who makes the sails for them on new boats?
I believe it's Doyle, but that can change at any time, of course.
I do know of serious errors in online databases for PC sails. One owner had to have the sail remade 3-4 times because the shared industry data for PC sails was wrong. He finally got a sailmaker to use his measurements, and the sails were fine. I haven't heard of similar problems with SC sails, but that potential issue is real.