Re: 'tarpsonline' vs 'Dave Gray's site'
--- In bolger@y..., "Ron Magen" <quohog@w...> wrote:
I'm not really sure who Dave Gray is, aside from being the patron
saint of all polytarp sailmakers. He lives in Fishers, Indiana, and
sells white polytarp, along with kits including double-sided carpet
tape, vinyl tape, grommets, etc. -- plus instructions in making a
polytarp sail.
His site is:
http://hometown.aol.com/polysail/HTML/index.htm
It has a lot of good instructive material, too, in addition to the
selling pages.
I bought a 20' X 30' piece from him a couple of years ago and have
made: one 113 sq. ft. Windsprint sail; one 60 sq. ft. Gypsy sail, one
32 sq. ft. standing lugsail of my own design for a sailing pirogue;
and now the 75 sq. foot balanced lug for Mayfly -- and I still have
plenty of tarp left over.
Anyway -- I'm not sure about the weight of his tarp vs. Tarpsonline.
I'll look into that. He does have a page showing it holds up to some
extraordinarily high pressure per square foot -- far beyond anything
small sailboats ever encounter.
Also check out intothewind.com -- a kitemaking catalog. They sell
white unmarked Tyvek in 60" wide rolls -- for about the same cost per
square foot as polytarp. I've been meaning to experiment some with
that.
All best,
Garth
> WHO is this Dave Gray and what is theHi Ron --
> 'address' of his site?
I'm not really sure who Dave Gray is, aside from being the patron
saint of all polytarp sailmakers. He lives in Fishers, Indiana, and
sells white polytarp, along with kits including double-sided carpet
tape, vinyl tape, grommets, etc. -- plus instructions in making a
polytarp sail.
His site is:
http://hometown.aol.com/polysail/HTML/index.htm
It has a lot of good instructive material, too, in addition to the
selling pages.
I bought a 20' X 30' piece from him a couple of years ago and have
made: one 113 sq. ft. Windsprint sail; one 60 sq. ft. Gypsy sail, one
32 sq. ft. standing lugsail of my own design for a sailing pirogue;
and now the 75 sq. foot balanced lug for Mayfly -- and I still have
plenty of tarp left over.
Anyway -- I'm not sure about the weight of his tarp vs. Tarpsonline.
I'll look into that. He does have a page showing it holds up to some
extraordinarily high pressure per square foot -- far beyond anything
small sailboats ever encounter.
Also check out intothewind.com -- a kitemaking catalog. They sell
white unmarked Tyvek in 60" wide rolls -- for about the same cost per
square foot as polytarp. I've been meaning to experiment some with
that.
All best,
Garth
Garth,
I hope you don't mind, but WHO is this Dave Gray and what is the
'address' of his site?
Regards,
Ron Magen
I hope you don't mind, but WHO is this Dave Gray and what is the
'address' of his site?
Regards,
Ron Magen
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 00:27:38 -0000
> From:garth@...
> Subject: Re: link for white poly tarp for sailmakers
>
> >http://www.tarpsonline.com/complist.asp
> >
> > BTW, this is by no means an endorsement.
> >
> > Jeff
>
>
> For what it's worth (a few bucks) I did a quick price comparison vs.
> Dave Gray's site. Tarpsonline.com is cheaper for small tarps, a bit
> more expensive for large ones. Price including shipping for white
> polytarp only (not Dave's kits, which include a lot of useful stuff):
>
> DAVE GRAY TARPSONLINE
>
> 10' X 12' $39.95 $28.00
>
> 15' X 20' $59.95 $56.00
>
> 20' X 30' $97.95 $104.00
>
>
> The events of last Tuesday make me look at my nearly completed Mayfly
> and think -- what the hell is that all about? I haven't been able to
> bring myself to do much on it. A few coats of paint -- an activity
> that brought me no joy. Boatbuilding seemed so absurd and futile for
> a while -- but we just have to go on and lead good creative lives. So
> tomorrow I hope to sew my sail, and maybe hoist it this weekend.
>
> Best wishes to you all,
> Garth