7/27/01 Newsletter
Mike Fahle (Mikefahle) on Friday, July
27, 2001 - 11:35 am:
Hi everyone, I spoke with Yves Sansoucy last night and
have exciting news to report:
Yves will attend the gathering at PCYC on Sunday, August 19th. He will bring
a new port hull for Dennis Elliot (WARNING! Do not let Hobie 16s sail into
the middle of your hulls!) and he has a trailer large enough to bring all
the new and fuller mainsails that we want to order. It will also allow him
to bring three new Mystere 4.3s and a Mystere 5.0.
MAINSAILS: We have learned from testing and racing that the medium full
mainsails that Yves makes are significantly faster all-around than the flat
ones we got with the boat and the very full one modified from my original
flat sail. I previously wrote to you that the sails with battens would cost
$455 U.S. plus delivery. Well, if any new boats are sold for Yves to bring
down, there will be no delivery charges for the sails! So far the people
who have ordered a new sail are:
Joe Tracey, Uwe Eickert, Paul Steed, Dennis Elliot, Glen Blohm, Mike Fahle.
Please contact me ASAP if you want one also. Besides being a faster sail
for most conditions (very windy will be good for the flat sail), this is
a bargain price, just ask other sailmakers for some quotes if you want to
see how much (my guess is about half price)! Jamie Diamond will be posting
the measurements that we took this past weekend at Geneva and will include
a proposal for all of you to comment on for setting sail size for the class
so that we can go ahead and order new sails without worry that later on
someone will use bigger ones. The measurements we are offering are only
a little larger than the original which allows the larger luff curve for
the deeper draft that is proving faster. Jamie will explain it in more detail.
Many of us have had people inquire about getting boats. Well, here is their
chance to get one at a price that is still a bargain! The new boats are
$3600 U.S. with all the goodies as we got ours, plus $200 for delivery.
This matches the delivery price per boat that we got for thirty! If we sell
all three boats that Yves can deliver, we will have 3 more to "play"
with AND get free delivery on the mainsails!
Yves also will have a Mystere 5.0 to show us and for sailing. (Joe, this
may be the ideal boat for you!). It is a larger version of the 4.3 that
is still rightable by one average sized person but has more freeboard for
the big lake and more buoyancy for doubling-up. Should be interesting!
The last item is near and dear to at least Glen Blohm. Yves may have room
for some of those cool sail boxes, too, like the ones he brought at the
original delivery in April. These are just $250 U.S. (yes, that is another
bargain price!) and anyone interested in them should let me know so that
we can try to get them delivered also!
Don't forget that the PCYC event on the 19th is intended as a hands-on seminar
/ social event / race for all of us to learn more about the boat and each
other while having fun. Anything that Doug Young organizes is easily worth
attending!
Lots to think about here, so mull it over and get back to me soon so that
I can let Yves know what to make and bring to us. It makes me happy to be
able to pass on such good news! :-)
Mike
P.S. Just to be clear, all the prices reflect a manufacturer-direct-to-purchaser-ONLY
relationship. There are no other charges involved which is part of the reason
they are so low. As before, I remain a volunteer coordinator, like Mike
Teets does for creating and maintaining our website!