[Rhodes22-list] Sail repair

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In a message dated 6/12/2013 11:36:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
boendert at me.com writes:

Hank,  agreed. Gonna give it a shot. Wish me luck.

Cheers
Ted

On Jun  12, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You'd  need a pretty heavy duty sewing machine.  A normal machine
>  probably wouldn't get through the tab and sail without damage.   Other
> that that the worst case scenario I can think of is that you'd  be back
> in the same predicament you're in now so not really much  risk.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:10 AM,  Theodore Boender <boendert at me.com> 
wrote:
>>  Rhodies,
>> 
>> So a few weeks ago, as I mentioned  previously, I found myself in some 
pretty gusty winds. It appears that the tab  that holds the head of the genoa 
to the GBI furling frayed and is no longer  able to hold the sail up on the 
head stay. See picture.
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>> 
>>  Is this a repair I should try to tackle myself by sewing on a nylon  
tab?
>> 
>> The admiral is pretty handy with a sewing  machine.
>> 
>> Sending the sail to a repair shop will leave  me on the hard for a few 
weeks. I'd like to avoid that. The water is calling  me...
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ted
>> s/v  AIRPOWER
>> R22 1991/2013
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