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Topic: Rolly Tasker Sail Experience
Posted By: SurfinSurgeon
Subject: Rolly Tasker Sail Experience
Date Posted: 23 October 2025 at 23:10
Curious if any 345 owners or others on this forum have had any experience with Rolly Tasker for sail purchases? I have been looking at replacing badly delaminating Elvstrom headsail and purchasing cruising spinnaker/gennaker from them. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Tom N
S/v Take Five
Hanse 345



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Posted By: Wayne's World
Date Posted: 24 October 2025 at 00:06
Tom,

We have no had any Rolly Tasker sails but some cruiser friends have a 57ft Lagoon and they bought a main sail and head sail from Rolly Tasker and I helped them put the sails on their boat. That was in the Caribbean in about Feb 2023. Since entering the Pacific where we both are they destroyed the head board and pulled out the second reef. We also had new main sail and head sail delivered at the same time from Zoom Sails ( designed in NZ and made in Sri Lanka). Comparing the two sets of sails - The Zoom sails were considerably cheaper,  the Zoom sails came with better fitting (eg Harken blocks at the reefs where the RT had no blocks). We have not had any damage to the sails in 2.5 years and about 8,000nmiles. Like you we had the laminated Elvstrom optional sails when we bought the boat in 2014 and ours badly delaminated as well. These laminated sails are not suitable for cruising boats especially in warmer/rainy climates. We are about to order a downwind sail from Zoom as well. Their service was great and the attention to detail on the sails was very good. Suggest you contact them and get a comparison price. 


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Wayne W
Cruising, currently in the Pacific until the end of 2026.


Posted By: martijnvdh
Date Posted: 24 October 2025 at 08:14
I bought a new ST Jib for our 371 from Rolly Tasker in April, collected it from their loft in Thailand myself while we were on holiday just across the bay in Ao Nang.
I went for the Fibercon Warp Tech dacron cloth and a radial cut, the only "equipment" on the ST is the Antal clewboard. Of course, the sail has only seen one season of (fairly light) use so I can't say much about durability, but I am very happy with the upwind performance compared to what I had. To be honest, the previous ST was the original North Sails jib that came with the boat back in 2005, which was more than a bit knackered...

The loft in Phuket is quite impressive, I would definitely suggest to visit if you are in the neighbourhood. It's massive and super clean. They have the ability to fabricate and finish a sail in a couple of days if you are really in a hurry. There are several youtube video's available from people that have visited the loft if you do a search.






Posted By: SurfinSurgeon
Date Posted: 24 October 2025 at 17:22
Thanks for the input.

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Tom N
S/v Take Five
Hanse 345


Posted By: 32mike
Date Posted: 25 October 2025 at 00:29
I need a new self-tracker. The original Elvström FCL (laminate) is trashed after our last trip. I’m thinking that I don’t want a laminate again because it’s a bit beastly to put up and take down. I was thinking of something like a hydranet radial cut. I’ve seen some other, older posts on sails. Wondering what the current feelings are on the first set of replacement sails.

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Mike
S/V Dulces Sueños
458 #087
Tampa, FL


Posted By: SurfinSurgeon
Date Posted: 25 October 2025 at 01:26
I have priced North and Quantum at more than twice what Precision and Rolly Tasker is quoting me $4600+ vs $1600-$2000 for self tacking headsail.

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Tom N
S/v Take Five
Hanse 345


Posted By: WEmmens
Date Posted: 25 October 2025 at 11:05
I sail with mainsail and selftacker of Rolly Tasker since 2019 and made appr. 11000 miles with this set. Very happy with quality and performance. The Dutch dealer did a good job.
The selftacker is triradial laminate of Contender CDX11 and the main is of triradial Challenge Newport Pro Radial 9.1 Oz. 




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Hanse 400, Mona Lisa, #337, 2007, Yanmar 3JH4E, Flexofold 3bl.


Posted By: SurfinSurgeon
Date Posted: 22 March 2026 at 15:37


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Tom N
S/v Take Five
Hanse 345



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