Hand Sewing a small tear in a Sail.

[@pedrodutra4088]

underrated video for repairing sails

[@simonafloat]

Thanks for this video. I've never done a sail repair before but one of my mainsail batten pockets has a small tear in it and this video makes the stitching nice and clear.

[@gregwein1]

Terrific instructions! Up till now, all I’ve had is an old black-and-white, drawing from a sailing book, which doesn’t really show the whole stitch from one side, and from the other. And the words used to describe the stitching. Don’t really make sense without seeing it. Your video did a great job of tying it all together (pun intended!). Thanks very much for taking the time to put this up on KZbin.

[@teaddict-]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing

[@evandeller1938]

Watching this from cabin of my new boat with a rip in mainsail along seam great video

[@sailsboatsandsailing3505]

Thank you very much for the comment. We currently have more unedited footage for upcoming videos ( of course, time being a limiting factor, it may take a while for it to see the internet.)

[@georgeridpath6923]

Thanks! Very clear instructional. looking forward to more from you.

[@sailsboatsandsailing3505]

Thank you verymuch for the response. New videos coming soon!

[@EdSurridge]

Interesting to a frugal / stingy sailor. Thank you. Now which thread?

[@freyamac8926]

Brilliant. Thankyou.

[@lifestylemedia5602]

Great no nonsense video 🕺🏼

[@SailingPivo]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@Roly679]

any thoughts about putting a layer of repair glue over the top of the stitches, stormsure perhaps

[@Kwaxomat]

very helpful, thank you!

[@AnnAnonyme]

Thanks! Do you know how the strength of a hand herringbone stitch compares to, say, a machine zig zag?

[@nanrod981]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@mendaliv]

Ah. I saw this in a seamanship manual some months ago and got confused. You really have to see it done to get it.

[@ericoschmitt]

Do you have tips for zigzag patching? I mean, if I wanted to add a patch on top of that and sew the edges onto the sail.

[@Turjak_art]

Thank you

[@CruelNight]

could you use a heavy weight fishing line ie: 20lb test as a thread?

[@wecomefromboatswecomefromb7770]

What if your tear is in a L-Shape, do you do 2 different stiches or 2/use 1 long string or 2 different to make 2 straight lines? Seriously, I I'm sending you my wife....don't worry about teaching her, I learned all I needed from your video, keep her! Best video ever! Can I mirror for you? It'll help your channle grow!!!

[@Nicholas2011ist]

If the tear is L shaped, sew two different straight lines with separate pieces of thread. Cheers.

[@TheClangerseatGreenSoup]

excellent...thanks for that...🏴‍☠️⛵

[@MarkEvieLeo]

Was that a paper and cloth product? , it seemed very ridged and stiff. excellent tutorial though. thanks.

[@sailsboatsandsailing3505]

Mark C I assume you are referring to the sailcloth. This is a well used dacron sail. You buy dacron sailcloth as precisely that. Dacron is DuPont trademark from the US. It is available from sailmakers, chandleries and sail lofts. There are many online suppliers. The main manufacfurers are Challenge, Contender, Bainbridge and a couple more but all sell wholesale only.

[@finbarrdolan]

Hi, what type of thread do you use?

[@sailsboatsandsailing3505]

Ideally waxed polyester thread. You can however use practically anything which is proportional to the weight of the sailcloth. I've used strands taken from a couple of yards of three strand rope, the type of waxed thread my daughter used to braid bracelets and necklaces and even machine Dacron thread (v92 or v138). You want thread strong enough to withstand strain which the rest of the sail will take.

[@sailson8612]

A good UV stable thread that can withstand the UV light from the sun is your best choice

[@crni010880]

Ja radim preko deset godina sa tim ....al strasno i ruzno...savovi pucaju jer nemaju podlogu .lakse i ljepse i kvalitenije zalijepit sa unutrasnje strane ....skoro nevidljivo a kvalitetno...zao mi ljudi da hvale ovo sto je katastrofa....pamet ljudi ...

[@mikewalrus4763]

Homeward bounders or what! Awful mess a good sailmaker would wet himself watching that effort! Nothing like a real herringbone stitch!

[@sailsboatsandsailing3505]

Mike Walrus and looks better than a glue-on patch which promptly unsticks itself...

[@mikewalrus4763]

each to their own, I certainly wouldn't be using a glue on patch - there again I was trained on real sails not plastic ones!

[@BlueLineSpeed]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Oh, and@@mikewalrus4763 The phrase “If you don’t have anything useful to share - then don’t” comes to mind. I don’t see you making any videos to share the correct method. Dacron which I believe he is repairing in this video has been the staple sail material since it’s inception in the 1950’s and continues to be widely used. “If” your “experience” was gained on something older it would have been waxed cotton pre-1950’s making it, in the context of this video, even less useful than your original comment.

[@mikewalrus4763]

@@BlueLineSpeed Ah I see - to be able to answer a shoddy effort you must make a video? Why? Pretty pictures or not it will still be a shoddy effort - also of course any and all sailmakers before the 1950s were useless - so that's why the British managed to conquer most of the known world - they didn't have videos to watch or Dacron to use for sails - I wonder hwat they were doing wrong - ah well if you can do - if you can't teach - hello teacher thanks for all your help!

[@BlueLineSpeed]

@@mikewalrus4763 It just seems curious, that someone claiming superior experience would watch an amateur instructional video only to criticise, giving no explanation or guidance. Then again, everyone is entitled to a hobby. So have fun.