Nice pics but I don't see much of anything but shoddy workmanship on the clew
of your mainsail. Sure there is some webbing sloppily sewn to the somewhat
weak and puny clew patch but that means little or nothing.

http://captneal.homestead.com/newsails.html

Please note how the clew of my mainsail works as a system. The bolt rope
has plenty of holding power which spreads the load while the sliding slug
is attached firmly with webbing. There are eight (count 'em, eight) layers
of 6.9 oz American made Dacron reinforcing the clew and the clew cringle
is machine pressed through all eight layers. The layers get progressively
larger so that the largest patch is a full three feet from the clew itself.

The sail will tear in half at it's mid point long before this sturdy clew
is even stretched significantly.

CN


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message ...
Neal & others,

I added a few more pictures on the Home Page.

Neal I added a picture of my clew corner on page 3

Also a picture of a Christmas Gift from my crew of Ladies on my new
Coffee Mug

And for all a picture of the New Harken's Furler.

My Dog just came out to tell me is time for bed;

Good Night All,
Ole Thom


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage