Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Ian Malcolm" wrote

Not to mention that your namesake would never stow a main that sloppily and leave the boat. As for the jib - f***ing
pond sailor, never a blue water yachtswoman to leave the boat with it like that!


She's got roller furling sails in the front and probably on the mainsail too.
But, your right. I should have tidied them up better. But there wasn't much wind. Only
about ten miles per hour so it wasn't likely to cause any wear problems. But I don't
see what's so sloppy about the main. I had it sorta rolled up and strapped to the boom
with the end of the mainsheet. It couldn't flap.


We teach our novices to stow sails better than that in their first two sessions. Any slow to learn get shown the
invoice for the last new set, they have some respect for them then.


My sails especially the jib are old and worn out. Maybe I'll get some new ones one of
these days if the old ones rip. The wire cable inside the front of the jib rusted real bad
and broke at the bottom. I had to pull the bottom end out and I had to sew some patches on
and put some new hanks on. But it needs new patches on all the hanks. And about 3/4 of the
cable is still in the sail. I can't pull it out. It's rusted in. Maybe it'll loosen up more as I use it.....
Those copper or brass grommets at the hanks are mostly corroded away too. I bought some
more at Wal-Mart and a tool to hammer them together so I can do that one of these days too.

Cheers,
Ellen


Well, If you post a photo of the damaged edge of the jib, I can probably
tell you how to do a "good 'nuff" although not up to sailmakers standard
repair. Hold it up to the camera so I can take a good look. Oh BTW,
*Please* wear clothes while you are posing that shot, You are too
distracting in swimwear for me to concentrate on the sail . . .

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