Sails Thickness

Have you ever heard of a measuring tool caller a "micrometer", Boss?

90 mph ? You need a life jacket !

More a helmet given he is into land travel!

And if you go with the wind . . .

... you know what I mean!

And 40'm/sec could also be 30 mph given the "m" was a mistake!

This could be going anywhere .

After I pressed the send button I realized that my question was really stupid because the sail's angel isn't perpendicular to the wind, it should be much more like 30 degrees, and anyway it won't be a flat board rather a normal curves sail in the wind.

But my question stays the same: How thick is the sail?

Commonly called sailcloth, there are dozens of different kinds.

Search the term, you should be able to find out more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forces_on_sails

I think thickness is not the right expression for sails and is rather expressed by weight.

Typical Dacron sail about .5 mm....

Toda raba- means thank you very much in Hebrew!

Dacron is not the only fiber used. Fabric is by weight a square yard. The type of fabric used and it's weight depends on the boat size and the sail.

I wouldn't want to have to up right a sunfish with a Dacron sail on it when Nylon be much lighter.

Also other fabrics have come along use for sail cloth. Kevlar and Spectra to name a couple.

I sail every summer, its a blast. my buddy has a rather high end 37 footer. it came with a racing grade sail. basically it was a sandwich of 2 sheets of typical sail cloth with a thin sheet of a Mylar in the middle.regular cloth "leaks" I'd contact a sail maker, there's more to them than you'd think.

Dang traditionalists !

I thought sail cloth material use varies with application (and how much you want to spend and how much weight you can accept).

What's the application exactly?

Pyramids building and alien travel in space.

Its the new to come space sail blown by solar wind . . .

Good answer! Informative and to the point.

Hi Az

I worked in Quality control in industrial for many years and some of the parts does not have any standard, I made a own standard, but how?

I find the position and task which the part should be work, such as corrosion, tension, creep,..

second, I find max of the task for example 10 mpa tension, and 120 hr( salt spray 25c).

Third, find a suitable material.

fourth, make a small sample, like as the real part.

fifth, do any tests on the sample.

sixth, do report of any step, this is your standard.

Also for find best price, do test for many material, it is cheaper price.

Regards,

Mohammad