We have been busy replacing the sacrificial covers on our head sails. The Staysail was showing signs of stripping away as 3 or 4 inch wide pieces of material were flaying in the breeze under sail. The sails only had a second layer of Dacron as its cover and after 5 years, the material had just deteriorated to an unusable state. So we took them down a few weeks ago (ergo: no long weekend sail during Thanksgiving). Our friend Val offered her garage and ping-pong table as our sail loft (see earlier post here. With the help of our trust Sailrite Ultrafeed Sewing Machine, we have completed the staysail and returned it to its furler and we are well along on the Genoa (much, much bigger). We ran out of material (bad math on my part - (oh MIT would be upset)). The remaining Sunbrella comes in tomorrow and we'll spend next weekend doing the sewing of our Sunbrella Sacrificial cover on the Genoa and returning it to its place on the roller furler up front.
Yes, I used 3M Spray Adhesive and It Works
Brilliantly.
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