Sails
Five of them
There are a main, a genoa, a small jib, a storm jib and a spinnaker. All seem to be in ok state.
I'll need to add hanks to the small and storm jibs because I plan to hoist them on the inner removable forestay.
April 2009. Hanks on all sails and a chute for a sphinnaker
Squeteague Sailmakers made a new main in 1994 for Moonwind and continued taking care of her sails and storing them for winters since then. I asked them to modify all foresails (a genoa, a jib and a storm jib) to be hoisted on forestays. Another words, I asked them to put hanks on the foresails. Julia also added a rope in the luff of each sail to enforce it prior to putting hanks. I also purchased a chute for a spinnaker from them and Julia installed it for me.
April 2011. Piscadera Bay, Curacao
New main for Beruta
When I was repairing my main in Dominican Republic last fall, I asked how much would it be to make a new one. The asnwer shocked me a bit: $6,000! Yeah, the dominican people really love their watersports. Soon after that I sent an email to Squeteague Sailmakers in US. Julia gave me a much better deal: $1,500 plus shipping. Even with the shipping it was still three times cheaper to make a sail in the States. I ordered it. Out of curiosity, later I found that on Curacao the prices are comparable to the US ones but of course I would have saved on the shipping. Well, I have no idea of the Antillean sailmaker's quality but I do know that the sails made at Squeteague served Moonwind well for almost 20 years!