[quote=MN3]even our military clothing is made overseas.. it is a global market .. for better and worse
many "local" lofts have their lower end sails made overseas as well.For example my friend is purchasing his second load path main sail from a well known loft. It was disclosed to him that only the load path sails are still done in house (St Pete) and most of the other sails are made in asia and shipped to the loft.
I used Doyle (St Pete) for several reasons when i ordered a main and am very happy with them. One reason is they are close enough to bring my boat down there and rig my cat so they can see/measure the curve of my mast and correctly cut the luff.
i am ordering 2 new jibs in the new year from them as well.
A big part of the reason i like them, is they are local, i know they care about their work, and i have used them for over a decade and have seen many of their sails. If there is an issue with my sail, or it needs a repair in the future.. i can drive the sail downthere.[/quote]
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