CII Minsail rip
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Topic: CII Minsail rip
Posted By: zailor
Subject: CII Minsail rip
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 5:30pm
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Is a 15Inch rip in a Byte CII mainsail repairable?
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Replies:
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 5:48pm
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If you have claimed on your insurance they will want you to send it to a sail maker for an estitmate, looking at that its fairly minor and i wouldn't bother with a claim. Speak to someone like P&B ad send it off to them explain its a cash repair and i suspect it won't cost you more then £50 ------------- |
Posted By: zailor
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 6:35pm
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Wipe's sweat off brow! Thats reasuring, damn I was hopeing for a new sail  ------------- |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 7:13pm
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I'd repair that in roughly 15-20 mins and charge you around £25 Thats only very minor damage from what I can see in the photo ------------- |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 7:15pm
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There we go Zailor, send it to Alveranks, that souns like fantastic value. Stu will do a first rate job with no need to make a claim!! ------------- |
Posted By: zailor
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 7:32pm
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So how would that be fixed? Id imagine its just laminating two mylar sheets on both sides?  ------------- |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 7:35pm
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I would think it would just be patched mate. ------------- |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 8:08pm
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Just a simple patch. I'd cut a new bit of cloth to just larger than the damaged area. Then put seaming tape around the edges. Stick it over the damaged area on one side of the sail. Check that it hasn't affected the sails shape and then stich it down. Then its just a case of using a very sharp pair of scissors to cut away the damged area and job done. ------------- |
Posted By: Roy Race
Date Posted: 01 Feb 10 at 11:41pm
| What about the orange sticky-back dacron? |
Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 02 Feb 10 at 8:33am
Thats been fussy! I'd just go with the option mentioned, thats peanuts for a repair, after all no repair is going to be seamless and not notice on a sail. ------------- |
Posted By: stuarthop
Date Posted: 02 Feb 10 at 8:42am
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If your really being that anal... I have a small amount of the CII. Cloth
in stock and even have some orange insignia tape. Though I'd charge more for the tape it's pretty unecessary. ------------- |