Sail materials for bendy rigs

Footy Class General Discussion (Footy)
1

One of the advantages of the British tendency to use carrier bags for sails is that the material stretcches and its elastic limit is reasonably high. It can therefore be used satisfactoruily in combination with bendy masts.

However, most supermarket carrier bags are quitre heavy material that is not ideal for very light winds. As usual, Roger Stollery is one ahead of the fame and suggests freezer bags and the kind of bag your suit comes back from the dry cleaners in. Anyone have any alternative sources for similar polyethylene sheet - preferably not transparent?

:banghead:

2

Sainsburys does a nice line in bags that are intended for potted plants - as long as you don’t mind a slightly rough luff pocket edge.

Cheers,

firstfooty

3

Anyone tried the lightweight bags which are typically in the fresh veg sections of USA supermarkets? They have a slightly crisp feel to them and could be a different composition than the heavier carrier bags.

4

If I do remember well, groceries bag are PE Hight density and the one in the fresh veggie section are PE low density.