2013-06-12; 11:16:57 EDT
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Ted, The simple answer is go ahead and repair it yourself. If it should fail then you will have the option of repairing it again or taking it to a sail loft and have them fix it correctly. Rummy In a message dated 6/12/2013 11:14:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, boendert at me.com writes: Rhodies, So a few weeks ago, as I mentioned previously, I found myself in some pretty gusty winds. It appears that the tab that holds the head of the genoa to the GBI furling frayed and is no longer able to hold the sail up on the head stay. See picture. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 109735 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20130612/51c4037c/attachment.jpeg A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 142726 bytes Desc: not available Url : http:// www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20130612/51c4037c/attachment-0001.jpeg Is this a repair I should try to tackle myself by sewing on a nylon tab? The admiral is pretty handy with a sewing machine. Sending the sail to a repair shop will leave me on the hard for a few weeks. I'd like to avoid that. The water is calling me... Cheers, Ted s/v AIRPOWER R22 1991/2013See the original archive post