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(•) MEILPRYDE SAUS Neil Pryde Sails International Design and Technical Office Classic Sails

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AND TECHNICAL OFFICE Classic Sails All material herein is protected by applicable copyright laws Copyright 2006-2007 Neil Pryde Sails M Neil Pryde Sails Int. Email: admingjneilprdvesails.com

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Neil Pryde Sails Overview Neil Pryde Sails proudly uses the best first quality materials available in the marine industry today. Classic Sails Every Neil Pryde sail is the result of a combination of craftsmanship, technology and efficient manufacturing methods. Our extensive sailing and sailmaking experience, traditional handwork, attention to detail, high-tech tools such as computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), computer driven cutters and special purpose sewing platforms unite to produce the finest of sails in the world today. The materials used in all Neil Pryde Sails are...

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As part of the integration of computers and software within the marine industry, we work with many file formats to provide cross-company integration of CAD files. This coupled with our commitment to quality produces documents for each sail that are made available to our agents, giving them the ability to crosscheck specifications and final product. Classic sails require more than computer expertise, they require the hard earned knowledge of sailmaking that can only be gotten on the loft floor, working with the unusual requirements of four sided sails. To this end, we have years of...

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Approximate Shade Pîease note: Shade will vary from lot to lot, and from weight to weight. Approximate Shade Please note: Shade will vary from lot to lot, and from weight to weight. We use the industry best stainless steel external rings and hydraulically pressed stainless steel rings, coupled with quality New Zealand lines, and ropes. Importantly the sewing thread, which is an underrated but most important feature of ultimate product longevity, is the very best Hemingway & Bartlett Dabond 2002 polyester in various weights/sizes. Hardware is carefully selected for specific use on each sail...

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Gaff and Square Sails The design of traditional sails is carried out with our CAD software.. .but the similarities between modern and traditional quickly end as the finesse and traditional sailmaking skills required to understand and build classic sails comes to the forefront. Neil Pryde is pleased to have on its staff sailmakers with years of 'on the floor' experience and who have built classic sails in the traditional format and now with CAD. It is a labor-intensive effort to design classic sails, but one that results in a quality shaped and designed sail. Shown below is an exploded view...

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The designs for the headsails fall into the conventional sail category and evolve from the many other headsails we have done for projects such as this. The most important criteria is in understanding the amount of headsail sag that is inherent in this type of rig and making the corresponding adjustments to the design to compensate. Panel layouts are crosscut with radiating foot/clew depending on final clew height and the panels can be 'split' for a more traditional look and miter cut for high clew 'flying jibs'. As with the mainsail we make use of the best Hemingway Bartlett U.V. resistant...

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