Inspecting Your Sails for Next Sailing Season

[@joro8604]

great support. Wish I had a boat.

[@Random4x5]

thank you very much Jeff

[@SailriteDIY]

You are welcome! Let us know if you have more questions.

[@kfujillama9548]

Gosh, great video! Thanks

[@SailriteDIY]

Thanks!

[@emiliorull]

Great!! thanks a lot! Awesome job!

[@brumleytown1882]

The 50 year-old mainsail on my O'Day Mariner had a foot rope that had shrunk so much that the foot of the sail could not be tightened enough to give the sail its correct shape. My sail repair person unseized the rope and reseized it so the sail could be outhauled fully without distorting the boom. How common is this type of repair on old sails with foot ropes?

[@SailriteDIY]

Time to get a new sail. It is not uncommon to have to ease the luff rope, less on the foot, but it does happen in sails kept long enough. If you have a sail that has the rope in a Dacron cover then the typical repair is cut the stitching holding the rope in place near the tack on the offending edge. Then let the rope release back into the sleeve 3-6 inches or so, then hand sew through the rope in its new position. If the rope is sewn to the outside you can cut it off and install a new rope wrapped in a sleeve or slugs. To resew the rope on the outside edge you will want to put the rope under tension ‘stretched’ and line up the sail edge next to the rope and sew it in place.

[@dimitrikemitsky]

Mon visage quand 50 YEAR mainsail? Hah what am I doing wrong. Maybe climate, maybe my user error.

[@sailingpittsburgh]

What is a hollow in the leach?

[@SailriteDIY]

+SailingPittsburgh When a sail's trailing edge (leech edge) does not have battens to support a roach (rounded edge) then a hollow (concave) section must be created to help support that edge. This hollow on the leech will keep that edge from falling off and fluttering in the wind.