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    GOING GREEN

    Jun 17, 2022 4 minutes

    RECYCLABLE SAILS

    he issue that has faced the recycling of sails has been one of performance. Polyester, nylon and carbon sailcloth are vastly compromised by recycling,” according to Alastair Shires of sailcloth manufacturer Contender UK. There has been progress though. For instance, One Sails has developed a product range called 4T Forte which can be recycled. A top-spec 4T Forte sail is a one-piece three-dimensional sail made entirely of polyethylene, and is “essentially melted into one piece and then vacuumed to squeeze it as it’s heated, and it then melts into one homogeneous entity,” explains One Sail’s Peter Kay. The sails use

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