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Forgot to ask about the edge treatment
By:Brian C.
Date: 8/10/1998, 8:32 pm
In Response To: Re: Cheap sails? where? (NPenney)

I forgot to ask how you treated the leading and trailing edges.

and I _might_ need to attach it to the mast somehow between the battens.

again thanks :)

> Going high tech. Clear plastic drop cloths. You get god knows
> how many square feet of material for just a few bucks at places like
> Home Depot or Wallmart.

> For installing them onto the spars I'll use carpet tape, which
> is double sided mylar. Can't say enough good about that type of tape.
> I plastic coated my window screens for winter use several years ago
> and they were still going strong, in spite of some very vicious winds
> and such.

> I don't much like the use of eyelets for kayak scale sails. They
> cause tears and poor sail shape. Made all that much worse on a tiny
> kayak sized sail. Taping the cloth to the spar on the other hand should
> spread the load nicely, and keep sail shape better.

> By using clear plastic tarps, carpet tape, fir dowels and cheap
> rope, I could probably make 20 sets of different sails for under a
> hundred bucks.

Messages In This Thread

Anyone else building a CLC SailRig?
Brian C. -- 7/31/1998, 1:39 pm
Re: Anyone else building a CLC SailRig?
NPenney -- 8/10/1998, 7:48 am
Cheap sails? where?
Brian C. -- 8/10/1998, 11:06 am
Re: Cheap sails? where?
Mark Kanzler -- 8/10/1998, 5:16 pm
Re: Cheap sails? where?
NPenney -- 8/10/1998, 2:29 pm
Forgot to ask about the edge treatment
Brian C. -- 8/10/1998, 8:32 pm
what about a roller jib?
Brian C. -- 8/10/1998, 5:27 pm
Re: what about a roller jib?
NPenney -- 8/11/1998, 6:40 am
that roller is for the main sail
Brian C. -- 8/11/1998, 6:48 pm
Re: Roller Reefing
Mark Kanzler -- 8/12/1998, 10:27 am
Re: Roller Reefing
NPenney -- 8/12/1998, 2:18 pm
Re: Roller Reefing
Mark Kanzler -- 8/12/1998, 3:57 pm
Re: Roller Reefing
NPenney -- 8/13/1998, 11:56 am
Roller Reefing just for Jib - Batwing mains'l
Brian C. -- 8/12/1998, 2:00 pm
Re: what about a roller jib?
Mark Kanzler -- 8/10/1998, 5:41 pm
Re: what about a roller jib?
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 1:04 pm