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[quote=cezo823]All depends on what you are looking for. You've got cheap, you've got value (good product good price), and you have top end which is usually overpriced. When you have one design restrictions then you are usually stuck with the third but I don't think that you have that in a I20. But EP cuts decent sails as well.

I know someone that went cheap and blew out the sail track stitching on the first big puff.

I'd definitely consider how many sails the sailmaker has cut for your specific boat though. 
wildtsail @ performance sails seems to have it all for your case.

SLO specializes in that great value field. Feel free to ask the guys at SLO about their race history as well. They aren't the Glaser team but they are experienced and understand how to make performance sails. Again I don't know about their I20 experience though. I would consider that a major factor.

If you do the occasional portsmouth race then I'd seek value, meaning you define what you want to pay for. Maybe having the top of the line sail is valuable to you, to me it was using a sail maker with experience with my boat that used the specific DP fabric that I was looking at and price. Glaser came in a bit higher and since my boat has a much different sail plan than a F18 I opted for SLO who knew my boat and the jib/genoa and main scene a little better. 
 
Whoa there sam99us! Haha My old 5.2 sees more races than many boats, family beach cruises still happen though relatively rare. While somewhat outdated, it was the full blown race boat back in it's day and still moves pretty well and isn't missing much that new boats have. I keep it around because I can race it weekly, set it up quickly, and it rates close to the other guys that I race with every week, we usually have a few close in rating on the weekend regattas as well.<em>Edited by cezo823 on Aug 26, 2015 - 11:33 AM.</em> [/quote]

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