[Rhodes22-list] Jib Question, also UPS

[Slim]

Jay and Richard,

Thanks guys.  I'll have a talk with the loft person and see what they think.
The one good thing is that I don't have to lose any sailing time over this.
8-)

Slim

On 11/4/05 1:57 PM, "Jay Friedland" <jsail1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Slim,
> If you trust the loft to do repairs, they can give you an opinion on
> the life left in the sails. Blown out is blown out, and the luff pad
> can compensate for that. My 155% gennie was 8 years last year and
> even with a luff pad, still seemed to backwind a bit when close hauled.
> 
> I took it in to a local loft that just laid it out on the floor and
> confirmed it had excessive draft. He couldn't guarantee a good fix,
> but I figured I had nothing to lose to have him try. He took 2
> sections out of the 2nd and 3rd panels up that went from 1/4" min. to
> almost 7/8" for 1-3/4" flattening at the center of the draft. Now
> it's performance is much better, even picking up a few degrees on
> pointing. The final note was that it came from Doyle that way, kind
> of sloppy cut, but it was a full cut not the routine fractional, a
> one of a kind from GBI's norm.
> 
> An additional note on Doyle on UPS sails- At Annapolis, I spoke to
> Paul from the City Island loft on some bagginess near the top of the
> UPS when furled. He said they over did the roach on the early cuts,
> but would fix it when I brought it in.
> Jay
> 
> On Nov 4, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Slim wrote:
> 
>> I'm sending my 175 in for some repairs and I'm wondering about
>> having them
>> add a luff pad.  The question I have is whether it's worth it.  My
>> sails are
>> 1990 originals and might be on the verge of being blown out.
>> That's only an
>> assumption, though, because I don't really know how to tell.  So
>> how do you
>> tell?  And if they're blown out, would a luff pad be a good fix or
>> a waste
>> of money?
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
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