What brands from the 70s/80s would you resurrect?

[Ishmael]

Those Danish (I think) stainless steel winches for Solings with the handles in the bottom, that went out of fashion with the self-tacking jibs.  I would pay good money for one of those now.

You mean the fixed handles with the black plastic ball on the end? Weren’t they also on dragons, 6 and 5.5 meters and so on? Find someone who restores one and ask if you can have them. Most people don’t like them. 

You can buy new Murray winches of that design. http://www.whitestarproducts.co.nz/products/boat-fittings/winches/murray-bottom-handle.html

 

[J28]

I have probably one of the last sets of haarstick sails from the Rhode Island loft before they sold out. they're for my Freedom 45.

Haarstick’s were the first set of sails I bought for my J28.  The genoa was Quilt-cut, which was pretty innovative 30 years ago.

 

[Nirie]

Steve Haarstick was innovative. I think he graduated from Webb. Probably worked at Hard while at Webb. Was early user of computer power to study sail shapes, cloth bias stretch and the like. Used computer to design panel shaping. Had early Gerber cnc cutter in Annapolis loft and built the first couple of thousand Laser sails. Typical Steve told them the shape could be improved

 They told him, just make the same lousy shape exactly like the model.

Early loft was in Ithaca New York. Probably had an in at Cornell to access their big mainframe. Later moved to Rochester New York. Steve was a Star sailor and at one point had a Kirby/goertz 1/2 ton with a blown up star boat rig.  Jibiing was a little stressful.

He made fast sails for a host of classes, big and small. I think his  Quilt cut spinnakers were as fast as anything out there.

He retired a couple of years ago. Sold the loft to a grokp of employees who hooked up with Quantum. Wonder if they still test cloth as religously as he did?

If Steve is out there lurking, hello from Nirie.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Anything from Roger Land especially the Young 88 and McDell Marine especially the Farr 1020. The rest of the world don’t know what they missed out on!

 

[kent_island_sailor]

Second for Haarstick.  Had a set for my O-30 , and bought my fastest chute from him.  Steve loved to talk about his cloth testing- which allowed him to produce sails with no delam.  I still have the orange belt!

BTW, I’m for bringing back the O-30.  Had one for 10 years, amazing 30’ dinghy.

I have some Haarstick sails that are still great sails. Old in years but rarely used since the furling genoa is up 98% of the time.

Also my 45 year old Barients work and look pretty much as new

 

[CriticalPath]

Steve Haarstick was innovative. I think he graduated from Webb. Probably worked at Hard while at Webb. Was early user of computer power to study sail shapes, cloth bias stretch and the like. Used computer to design panel shaping. Had early Gerber cnc cutter in Annapolis loft and built the first couple of thousand Laser sails. Typical Steve told them the shape could be improved

 They told him, just make the same lousy shape exactly like the model.

Early loft was in Ithaca New York. Probably had an in at Cornell to access their big mainframe. Later moved to Rochester New York. Steve was a Star sailor and at one point had a Kirby/goertz 1/2 ton with a blown up star boat rig.  Jibiing was a little stressful.

He made fast sails for a host of classes, big and small. I think his  Quilt cut spinnakers were as fast as anything out there.

He retired a couple of years ago. Sold the loft to a grokp of employees who hooked up with Quantum. Wonder if they still test cloth as religously as he did?

If Steve is out there lurking, hello from Nirie.

Kris Werner took over Haarstick's Rochester loft and hung the Quantum banner but I don't think they adopted any of Steve's old processes (i.e. cloth testing).  A Haarstick satellite operation in Hamilton ON carries on under the Bay Sails name, loft owner Keven Piper still maintains the Haarstick tradition and database of cloth testing, and still works closely with (now retired) Steve.  Keven makes some pretty quick sails...

Cheers!

 

[McGyver]

You can buy new Murray winches of that design. http://www.whitestarproducts.co.nz/products/boat-fittings/winches/murray-bottom-handle.html

Thank you, but the Soling ones were stamped, so relatively light for the diameter.  They were perfect for small sails where a couple of quick pulls was enough.  Not having to remove (and, many times, lost) the handle was great.

 

[blurocketsmate]

MORC!

 

[Snaggletooth]

Whatevere brande thissis, please brigne it backe.....

 

[some dude]

Whatevere brande thissis, please brigne it backe.....

she seems nice

 

[SloopJonB]

Jennifer O'Neill - the older woman in Summer of '42

 

[Ishmael]

Jennifer O'Neill - the older woman in Summer of '42

Damn, my Older Women were...older women. No regrets, I was aiming for one that looked just like that and her mother snuck into my tent later on. I didn't think suggesting a threesome would have gone down well at that particular time.

 

[SloopJonB]

You weren't 14 like Hermie was.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

Wow - it seems like we actually had a lot of fun back then in boats that the SA "all sporty all the time" campaign considered obstacles and eyesores better off scrapped

 

[Je Prefere]

Ranger boats from Kent, Washington. Minto dinghys and ranger 20/24s were pretty slick, indestructable boats.

 

[monsoon]

Cream, The Who, The Ramones

oh..... brands

 

[SloopJonB]

Cream didn't make it out of the 60's so you weren't going to get your wish anyway.

 

[Cal20sailor]

Beatles reunion...what's two more bullets?

 

[JerryA]

I wonder how Tanzer would have made out if they could have  continued production of the 25 and 29 designs. I have a 1989 29 and it's a pretty good boat. Good looking too.

JerryA

 

[basketcase]

I wonder how Tanzer would have made out if they could have  continued production of the 25 and 29 designs. I have a 1989 29 and it's a pretty good boat. Good looking too.

JerryA

Sure..... but what would you pay for a modern tanzer 29 when a good old one can be picked up for 5k? That is the problem.