Saturday, March 17, 2012

Sail Repair

Damned, I have to fix the Genoa.  It as two problems - first: the leech has torn at the edge for a short 10" section, second: there is a tear where the sail's boltrope  enters the furling foil.  So I have to take down the sail (and it's BIG), fix the tears and then rethread the sail into the foil as it's hoisted up by the halyard.

Here is a vid on the exact repair I have to make except it's not the mainsail.


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