Its happend

   OK, so here's the deal, went sailing on Sunday, when I was 

rolling the sail back up, I noticed a small rip at the end 

of the middle batten pocket, about 2-3 inches long.

How do I go about repairing this? My girlfriend recommended 

just plain sail tape. Its a laser sail, the original one 

that came with the boat 142791

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Andrew

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Andyking Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 26 Mar 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andyking Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Its happend Posted: 05 Apr 10 at 9:27pm
	OK, so here's the deal, went sailing on Sunday, when I was rolling the sail back up, I noticed a small rip at the end of the middle batten pocket, about 2-3 inches long. How do I go about repairing this? My girlfriend recommended just plain sail tape. Its a laser sail, the original one that came with the boat 142791 Any help is appreciated Thanks Andrew

Webmuppet Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 11 Mar 06 Location: Suffolk Online Status: Offline Posts: 534	Post Options Post Reply Quote Webmuppet Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 10 at 9:50pm
	Andrew, Tape is OK as a temporary solution but you would probably be better off to see if there's a local sail loft in your area. They would be able to stitch a repair patch in place which should be a much more durable solution. It would be worth getting a quote, but if they suggest that the sail is not worth repairing it might be worth considering a newer 'second-hand' sail or maybe a replica sail (from about £150 for a full-rig), Nigel
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timeintheboat Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Feb 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 615	Post Options Post Reply Quote timeintheboat Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Apr 10 at 6:47am
	You could try ironing spinnaker tape (warm iron just enough to melt the glue), I used to use that to good effect on Laser sails.
	Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else

tomoore1 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 03 Jun 08 Location: Wales Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Post Options Post Reply Quote tomoore1 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Apr 10 at 11:40am
	I have never heard of this, going to try it on the old firefly sails we use at uni for training. By warm, should it be just about ok to touch for a second or too? When I had an old tatty radial sail I just put repair tape on it and it lasted for a year before I finally bought a 'new' (second hand) sail. Make sure your sail is free of salt etc and bone dry. You can get repair tape of the acutal sail cloth and thats the best stuff.
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