Arriving at our home slip at Shelter Island Marina, we took down the staysail. The sacrificial cover was in tatters at the head of the sail and was showing major damage across the entire leech, so it is time to redo it. BUT....
- The original sacrificial cover was just another layer of sailcloth - NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
- Have ordered SUNBRELLA material from Sailrite along with a professional hot knife because I've got the REALLY BIG SAIL - THE GENOA next because its cheap sacrificial cover is showing it's time - x'ed as well and I'll be making lots and lots and lots of cuts to the rolled Sunbrella material and a good hot knife will seal the edges and protect the material from fraying.
- So how do we do this on a sailboat you might reasonably ask? Well, the staysail is only 170 square feet and one can manage that inside the living space of a larger sailboat such as ours and do what you need to do with your trusty and amazing Sailrite Sewing Machine. BUT.... the genoa is 495 square feet and "there ain't no way" as you might colloquially express it. So enter....
- Val - a dear friend and Executive Assistant to one of our VP's at the office - who has so kindly offered her garage, ping-pong table and two other folding tables to turn the garage into "LEN'S SAIL LOFT" complete with space for my Sailrite LZ1 Sewing Machine. God bless you Val. This makes a big job much easier and limits the hard part to taking down the sail and transporting it in a VW Jetta to the "Loft".
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