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[wdrwilson]

Hi Stan,

I thought that all of the .75oz nylons that Steve carries, North, Bainbridge, Contender, Challenge all designed for spinnakers?

I have personally had to put a number of my kites away wet made with the above materials and have never had a problem. I was flying my Double Parasled at the beach on day. There was an offshore wind and while I wasn't looking my kite decided to go for a swim. It was quite a while before I noticed it was missing and it was happily getting pounded by the waves. I retreived it, flew it for a few minutes to get a lot of the water out and then put it away. No running of colos, no stretching it, no strange smells ... seemed to have recovered fine.


--Bill

[CJQ]

Hi Bill , been there and had simular expirence. Took kite home and jumped in the shower , with the kite. rinsed it off and hung it out to dry. Is that called save water, shower with a friend??

[KiteSquid]

IIRC, Dick Barnes uses Chiacara in his Pizazz kites.

If you want Icarex you can get it at Hang-em High Fabrics, but I think they are closed for the holidays....

I would love to see Icarex PC for a lower price but there are a lot of layers in the distribution chain.

I wonder if Steve would be able to get it direct from the Manufacturer for a good price to pass the savings on to us???????
_________________
VR/
KiteSquid
AKA TakoIka
AKA Harold
King George VA


P.S. Yet another post by the Squid..... Doesent he ever shut up???

P.P.S. The wind is like the air, only pushier.

[Stan]

Bill,
Of course you're right that all that fabric is spinnaker cloth.

I do wonder if Steve could connect with Texlon for poly. Some of the builders here order it directly from them, and the prices are lower than Icarex. IIRC, Prism and Revolution use Texlon's polyester, and nobody seems to complain!
Maybe fliers are conditioned to assume it's Icarex.

[RonG]