basketcase
Fuck you second amendment
theres companies around that buy used sails and turn them into crew bags and the such. you should send photos to them and see what they would give you for this sail. im sure they would get a laugh out of it.
Cheapest way to fix a sail.
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zenmasterfred
Super Anarchist
Yes, that is an expert opinion! Putting new leach and foot cover on my genoa this year and there is actually good sail cloth under it. Not so much w/ OP's sail, that dog will not hunt.
Foolish
Super Anarchist
This is an easy fix. Just cut off the bad patch, fold up the foot two times, and sew it closed. Then put in new clew and tack rings a little higher up than the existing ones, but still within the reinforced corners of the jib. These will need to be sewn in by hand with a heavy thread. Invest in an awl for the best performance. Sure it will shorten your sail by a few inches but won't make any difference to your sailing and you'll be good to go for another year or two. For the luff, just find a piece of sail cloth from another old sail and sew it over top. In reading SA over many years I've discovered that most of these guys won't accept anything less than the latest, greatest, newest and most expensive sails and equipment. But for the rest of us, a sewing machine an an hour or two of work does us just fine.
A shredded spinnaker becomes a chicken chute with just a sewing machine and no worries about image.
A shredded spinnaker becomes a chicken chute with just a sewing machine and no worries about image.
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Don't hang it too high off the ground, you could do yourself an injury falling through it.
basketcase
Fuck you second amendment
Dood... Money or not, it looks softer than some tp i have used. I think what we, the people you came to for advice, are collectively saying is, 'dont throw good money after bad.' if that is not what you wanted or hoped to hear, you should look elsewhere for advice.
silent bob
Super Anarchist
Some Idiots recycle Toilet Paper! When I get a sail into my shop that has Tyvek Tape or Duct Tape on it as a repair, I commonly tack on an extra hour of labor ($110) for the cleaning that I have to do before and after. The adhesive gums up the needles and hooks. I can do a lot, but I'm not a a charity.
OCS
Member
That sail's life is over, you can repair it with tape, quick fix etc. But IMHO a waste of time and money.
Plus don't ever put yourself in a position where you need to rely on it!!!
Plus don't ever put yourself in a position where you need to rely on it!!!
12 metre
Super Anarchist
No, but Tuck Tape is. Evil tape - unless you want something permanently taped.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/tuck-tape-60mm-x-50m-sheathing-housewrap-tape-in-red/1000181212
Yes, I have seen remnants of that on several masts. Some of them should have just wrapped the whole mast in it and called it good, that crap is impossible to remove.
12 metre
Super Anarchist
Rain Man
Super Anarchist
You can use it as a practice sail for doing repairs, if nothing else. I believe that when a sail's time is done, God will take that sail and smite it, and it shall be in many pieces. Until then, you can use it but as pointed out above, do not put yourself in a position where your safety or the boat's need to rely on it.
Do not put more than $50 worth of materials into it, if you do decide to give it a go.
Did you try the rip tests on the better part of the cloth?
Rain Man
Super Anarchist
If it was repaired and it was mine, no matter how shitty it looked, it might see service in a Wednesday night beercan race, casual day sailing, or on a delivery to a regatta. Racing sails are crazy expensive and I always have two sets of sails on my race boats during regatta season - one for deliveries and Wednesday nights, and another for actual racing. If it blew up during beercans or a delivery, it would get binned with no regrets.
The fewer hours you put on your racing sails the better.
When my sails got really old, like the one you are looking at, I gave them to a local guy who had a boat that always had hand-me-down sails on it. He took my old sails, stitched them up the best he could, and used them for day sailing, and got a surprising amount of use out of them.
Unlike the majority of the posters here, I think old dacron sails have uses other than wood-pile covers and hammocks.
This is my 1981 dacron North main re-purposed as described above. The picture is from 2017. The foot was cut off at the first reef, and the reef cringles used as tack and clew. It worked out pretty well I'd say.
I don't know what North was using for dacron sailcloth in 1981, but it sure as hell was bulletproof.
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