Martin Baxter wrote:

My genoa, made by Hood, came with a cover made of sunbrella. Longest
zipper I've ever seen, you attach
a loop from the cover to the spin halyard, close the cover around the
bottom of the genny, close the zipper, holding
onto the zip tab, haul away on the halyard and up goes the cover zipping
closed as it goes. There's a tab at the bottom
of the thing that covers the end of the zipper and snaps closed when
it's all done up. I imagine it'd hold in a pretty good blow.

Yes that should be a good way of securing the sail, also keel the leech
from UV damage. Much better (although slightly more work) than sewing a
strip of heavy canvas along the leach.

However if I thought I was going to be facing hurricane force winds I
would remove all my canvas and stow it below.

Right, but then, you have good sense.

One of boats next door to ours in the marina is a nice Allied ketch,
owned by a tall slim elderly man. I offered the help him get his canvas
down for one of the earlier hurricanes, and then gently & tactfully
insisted that I help him get his canvas down... the result is that his
wife thinks I'm a *heck* of a nice guy

Fresh Breezes- Doug King