Thursday, August 28, 2014

A new mainsail

Here is a pic of the mainsail I bought from Bacon sails. This pic was taken before the recent work was done including all new batten pockets and various reinforcements.  I had basically just hoisted it here to check the fit and shape and make sure I wanted to spend the money on the repairs.  Overall, it will be a good sail for many years at a cost of about 1/4 a custom new sail.  Still slightly smaller than drawn by Richard in area, but over 100 sq feet bigger than the other sail.  

Time on the water.

Still managed a dozen or so family days on the water. New mainsail should be back from sail loft tomorrow.

A busy summer!

So many projects, so little sailing!

Sunday, June 8, 2014

First Sail

Hard to get pics of the actual sailing, but I believe the Maine Cat out on charter may have gotten some.  Light winds and using an old very small staysail as a jib as the furler is not yet cobbled together. Mainsail just fits the boom with out haul maxed, old S2 9.2 sail cover fits ok. Just need some cutouts for the diamond stays.