Slot Gasket

   So I decided that the slot gasket on the Grad needed changing so I took the old one off, measured it, and ordered new sailcloth strips from a reputable UK chandelry. 

Unfortunately the strips have no eyelet with which to tension then, so what's the best way forward?

I could buy some eyelets and hammer them in. 

Just punch a hole through, seal it with a hot poker and hope they hold.

Fold the end over and sew then to make a loop.

What's the consensus?

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craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Slot Gasket Posted: 08 Mar 15 at 8:06pm
	So I decided that the slot gasket on the Grad needed changing so I took the old one off, measured it, and ordered new sailcloth strips from a reputable UK chandelry. Unfortunately the strips have no eyelet with which to tension then, so what's the best way forward? I could buy some eyelets and hammer them in. Just punch a hole through, seal it with a hot poker and hope they hold. Fold the end over and sew then to make a loop. What's the consensus?

Paramedic Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 929	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paramedic Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 15 at 5:29pm
	any of those three should work.

Woodbotherer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 11 Dec 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 192	Post Options Post Reply Quote Woodbotherer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 15 at 8:05pm
	Sailcloth strips? Eyelets? What sorcery is this then? Why no Hawk, glue pot and sticky fingers like the rest of us? Edited by Woodbotherer - 10 Mar 15 at 8:05pm
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craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 15 at 8:50pm
	Because dear Graeme, my Graduate is a wooden boat with a metallic keelband which is used to hold down a sail cloth gasket. Much easier than arseing about with contact adhesive and trying to cut a dead straight line in a piece of plastic. Sailcloth gasket strips are secured by the keelband ahead of the centreboard case then tensioned and stuck in position with double sided tape. The metallic keel band is then screwed down and the tension can be released. The gasket is then trimmed and the other side can then be done. I've now bought some eyelets which I will hammer in tomorrow prior to gasket fitting over the weekend.

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6660	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 15 at 9:19pm
	If that's all you are doing, could you staplegun them to a bit of wood and have the hole in the wood for tensioning it?

craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 15 at 9:54pm
	That's a very good idea Jim.

patj Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Jul 04 Location: Wiltshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 642	Post Options Post Reply Quote patj Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 15 at 6:18pm
	For slot gasket newbies here's the link to Mike Mac's article http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/maint.repair.ref/CB.rudder/Slot.Gaskets/MikeonGaskets1.PDF Edited by patj - 12 Mar 15 at 6:19pm

craiggo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810	Post Options Post Reply Quote craiggo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 15 at 8:44pm
	patj, that is indeed the guide by which I work!