The Stade sailing workshop now offers sails for hire, the service is called Rent Sail. The offer includes Code Zeros with wireless luff including a Facnor furler. Only one halyard and one anchor point, such as anchor fittings, are required on board. The offer is aimed at sailors who rarely set such an additional sail and are reluctant to buy it, or at those interested who want to try it out before making a purchase decision.
The sail is ideal for courses between close and downwind, when the Genu has too little propulsion but the course is still too pointed for the gennaker. There are three sizes available. 40 square meters for boats from 30 to 35 feet, 60 square meters for yachts around 38 feet and the largest Code Zero with 80 square meters for 45 to 50 feet boat length. Which size fits, of course, depends on the rig. If in doubt, the smaller version is better; even if the sail is a little too short in the luff, it stands better than one with too long a luff.
The smallest foresail costs 100 euros per day, 150 euros on weekends and 300 euros per week. The medium size with 60 square meters costs 150 euros a day, 200 euros for a weekend and 350 euros per week. With the largest variant, the staggering is 200 euros per day, 250 euros on the weekend and 400 euros for the whole week. Shipping by DHL is included in the rent. The prices are certainly not cheap, but a new sail of this type with furling system is expensive. Morten Nickel gives as an example a Code Zero with 45 square meters for a Comfortin35, with the Facnor 1500+, the same furler that the rental sails have, the price: 4500 euros new. This corresponds to 15 weeks rental fee for the smallest rental sail, which is of a similar size.
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