my sock has a cinch line on the outside. I also wrap a spinnaker halyard around it when I'm not there to keep it from beating up the sail.
Bob > On 03/02/2023 11:10 AM Matt Wolford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > FWIW, my local sailmaker told me that socks beat up the sails when the > wind picks up. > > > From: Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 10:45 AM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> > Subject: Stus-List Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: UV Strip > > > Bacon’s told me their price for the material had recently doubled, so > socks probably cost more too. > > On the other hand a sock works for ALL sails, not just one, and you can > get it repaired without dragging the whole sail into the loft. > > > Joe > > Coquina > > > From: Richard Servance via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:58 AM > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > Cc: Richard Servance <hicsai...@gmail.com mailto:hicsai...@gmail.com > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: UV Strip > > > I just had North replace the UV cover on my 135%. It was a boat buck > ($1k). Hadn't heard of the sock method; so not sure if it's still an option > from them. > > > Sail safe, > > > Richard Servance > > S/V Blue Heaven (C&C 34+) > > 757-995-3416 > @svblueheaven > Seattle, WA > > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2023, 6:26 AM Robert Abbott via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > > > I had the UV strip replaced on my 135% last year by Doyle Sails > > here...all in cost was $575 CDN . Old UV strip 12 to 13 years old and > > cracking/splitting. > > > > Rob Abbott > > AZURA > > C&C 32 - #277 > > Halifax, N.S. > > > > > > > > > > On 2023-03-02 9:09 a.m., Joe Della Barba via CnC-List wrote: > > > > > > > > > > My post about this from last June: > > > > > > “The UV cover on my genoa is starting to fail, so I took it > > > to Bacons to get repaired. I figured 5 or 6 boat bucks maybe. Well I > > > figured wrong, the estimate came back at $1350! Yikes! > > > > > > Are they nuts or is this the going rate now? That seems like > > > a pretty good chunk of an entire sail!” > > > > > > > > > That included about $375 worth of repairs, but still at about > > > $1000 for the UV strip I think it was double the last time I had that job > > > done. > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe Della Barba > > > > > > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > > > > > > Kent Island MD USA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album > > site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: > > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks for your help. > > Stu > > > > > Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album > > site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > Thanks for your help. > Stu >
Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
