Sail makers

[roland_trim]

Hey unfair!  
I can't help it if ...
... sail makers file your order in the ash tray of the car! C

I'm with Daryl on this one. We finished guestimating the dimensions for the new set last Monday and now I've had to buy a number to stick on them   Shocking.


http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/test/doku.php/boats/3206

[daryl_wilkinson]

Hey unfair! 
I can't help it if ...
... sail makers file your order in the ash tray of the car! C

I'm with Daryl on this one. We finished guestimating the dimensions for the new set last Monday and now I've had to buy a number to stick on them  Shocking.


http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/test/doku.php/boats/3206

Well done for making your own sails.

Something I would like to do myself if I had the space and indeed time.
Unfortunately don't have any of my industrial machines any more either. How is your domestic machine dealing with the tougher jobs like bolt rope sleeves etc...
I found that the domestics were very good for fine work on something like a Carrington K42 but got pushed a bit on heavier jobs.

here's some of my work... www.swiftkites.co.uk if you are interested.

[roland_trim]

Thanks for that. Intresting site. My stiching is not of a quality that I would let anyone with a camera near. Luckily the glue/press/heat treatment* of the seams provides 90% of the stiffness/strength. Cross cutting also appears to  make it easier for a numpty to get a sail that stays in 1 piece.

Saying that I have deliberately tried to reduce the material weight/quantity and patches in the new set so probably a good time to state publically that if they explode I will still be grinning, but may then revert to the conservative measured adopted for Born Slippy's current set which will result in overpatching.

R


*Heat treatment in this case means leaving the sail in the airing-cupboard over night then rolling over every seam before it cools down. Couldn't afford the "tool" that a pro would use.