Hi Peter,
Try to get the sail over to Dennis at North
sails, Richmond loft. They are wizards with older
sail repairs & recuts. I had a light 150 that got R & R for less than $150.
It was a good expenditure for me 'cause I seldom use that sail.
I find the UK lads quite pricey on repairs, but
they're really good for the new sales (pun intended) and racing group.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
east Vancouver Island
At 08:39 PM 27/12/2013, you wrote:
So a couple weeks before Christmas, a windstorm
of 40 50 km/hr ripped apart my 130 genoa
overnight. It stayed furled on the boat but the
top caught the wind and peeled it down, ripping
3 panels across the leech / UV cover, breaking
the leech line, etc. No damage to the furler
though ... I had that checked out by a rigger.
Local loft says $500 to fix the sail but the
âdesigned shape has been compromised and
repairs will not bring the sail back to pre
damage conditionâ. Thatâs the loft managerâs wording verbatim.
So far insurance underwriter has responded back
to the adjuster that they are willing only to
ârepairâ the sail, with the net result of me
spending another $250 (deductible) on
essentially a ruined sail. The adjuster is going
to try again with a different approach. Iâll
hear back in the new year on that.
Iâm not obviously happy with this,
considering, although the sail is 10+ years old,
it was in pretty good condition (sailcloth and
shape-wise) ... so much so that it was deemed
worth it to have $500 of re-stitching, new UV
cover, leach line, etc. done just over a year ago!
Policy coverage is for depreciated value on
sails and they will only cover âreasonable
cost of repairs actually incurredâ for partial
losses. Seems like pretty crappy coverage given
what they consider âreasonableâ repairs.
I think my loft manager needs to be a bit more
descriptive in their wording as well.
A new sail has been quoted from the loft at
$2,500. Of course adding a new sail wonât
allow me to increase the insured value of my
boat either ... since it would not be a new
equipment addition to the boat ... just a
replacement. A little loophole I discovered
earlier this fall when I asked about this
regarding my newly rebuilt engine ... since it
is not a new addition and most of the cost was
in labour and replacing existing parts ... no
value increase was deemed possible.
OK, Iâve finished my rant! Anyone have any suggestions?
Peter Fell
Sidney, BC
1979 C&C 27 MkIII
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