Saturday, April 12, 2014

Nets/ Give me some of your money before April 15th

So a few followers may have noticed I'm always keen for a good deal.  I have been long trying to decide how do the bow nets.  A custom made set of nets would run around $2000! more  than I have in all my sails, mast and outboards combined!!!! I had also been thinking of the bainbridge super tramps material.  The problem is only place cut lengths are available from is Sailrite. Now sailrite does a fine business, but when I last priced their products they were selling at roughly 4x cost and 3x wholesale/ marine trade price. Sound like good prices?  
Maybe I just need to get with the times and chuck a DONATE button on here?
Everyone seems eager to give away a few bucks to wayward yachties with kids these days.
Anyway, other option was dyneema either of those would have been near $400 or a bit more for dyneema netting. All for just the base material! So I found this "hockey" netting made by West coast netting. They custom made the size for me and I will wrap and lash the edges around fiberglass poles on the edges. Same as I would have done for the dyneema and perhaps the super tramp mesh as well.  This is urethane coated polyester with a break strength about 75% that of dyneema as it is thicker, easier to walk on and will stretch and give a bit more so generating less load on the attachment points.  total cost custom made and delivered: $60!!!

2 comments:

  1. she looking yummy... even if she aint a tri!
    first thing surprised me about tramps is that even huge mesh size breaks up big green water instantly. the fine mesh actual tramp mat i've seen sometimes being used would pull a boat inside out shipping a sea.
    yeh, fiji eh? mark

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    1. Mark owns a Searunner 34 trimaran I briefly owned in New Zealand. I have intended the Vardo to be a "modern" equivalent to the SR 34 with more inside living space and better payload.

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