Fluid_Drive Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Does anyone know who Flower and Adams sailmakers were?? and were their sails renowned for being high quality, fast sails??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 in their day...... the top of the pops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluid_Drive Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great, well have two flower and adams sail sets for the hydra, will be interesting to see how much life they have left in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 well, since then sail technology has changes a tad, from how they sew batten pockets to how they cut the sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl J Barrett Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 well' date=' since then sail technology has changes a tad, from how they sew batten pockets to how they cut the sails.[/quote'] Flower and Adams became Adams sails who are still in production on Lake Macquarie. Their main business is "shade cloth" products but Jeff Adams still makes a mean sail for off the beach cats to big Keelers. All the sails used for the Alha Omega F14 are from Adams sails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluid_Drive Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Ripper sounds good, just wondering as the sail bags i have are Flower and Adams, good to see that they were well made sails, will have to see how well they hold up... They seem in reasonable condition, no creases and no significant repairs have been done to them. cheers alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lick the Knife Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Generaly the F&A sails that I have seen where very flat, which is typical of the sails at the time, in Mosquito's the major performance boost has been in sail design. The current sails are far more powerfull. The first Mossie I bought 11 years ago had F&A sails, then I bought a second hand set of the current best sails of the time and it was like putting a Turbo Charger on the boat, down wind improved most of all. Performance around the course improved by around 20%, I went from struggling to win on Yardstick to winning regularly. So if it's performance you are looking for, newer well known cat sailmakers sails would probably be faster, but the F&A sails where well made out of good materials, I think my old set of F&A are still used recreationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose Change Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Back in their day there was nothing better than a set of Flower and Adams sails on your boat, it was almost a status symbol or a kind of boast to say you had F&A sails. I recall Kevin staying back late at the factory one night as I drove from the south coast to pick up a mainsail for my Stingray. I still have a brand new never been in the water F&A trap harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 As I said. They were the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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