Line for the junk rig - and the sailmakers secret weapon
Some things they say about the junk rig are true. It has a great appetite for line. I live in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm, a city of about one million people and one million boats. And the chandlers didn’t have enough line in stock and had to order it.
So how much line do you think Linnea needs for the one sail? Including running rigging and the bolt rope around the sail.
Is it:
A. Less than 100 meters?
B. Between 100 and 200 meters?
C. More than 300 meters?
Now the picture of the sailmakers secret weapon:
A stapler! We finished all the machine sewing on the sail tonight thanks to the stapler. It was perfect for temporary attaching the corner patches and tablings before sewing. The thing is, no double sided tape works on our “sail cloth”, which is called Top Gun and is actually a really strong vinyl coated polyester fabric. So tomorrow we will try to fit all the grommets. The boltrope will have to wait until we get the line though.
Posted: July 20th, 2007 under Junk rig, Sailmaking, Photos.
Comments: 4
Comments
Comment from Stuart Crawford
Time: July 21, 2007, 11:28 am
Is the answer B?
Stuart.
Comment from matti
Time: July 22, 2007, 1:19 am
No, could you believe it! It’s C!
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Comment from Donald Fritz, Anchorage, Alaska
Time: July 20, 2008, 9:11 pm
I’ve been using a plier-stapler (commonly used in retail stores) for fitting all the tops and covers that I needed on my fixer-upper 48 foot cutter. I can then take the made-up construction home to the 80-year old patch machine I got from a shoe repair shop. The free-arm design allows a lot of tricky stitching. Not quite as seamless (?) as a professional upholstery job, but one that I can afford and maintain. Plier-staplers are available in big-box office stores.
Comment from liko self
Time: July 23, 2008, 10:59 pm
I’ve estimated total 200 meters of line for my Penny 26 sail. That’s everything…Halyard, sheet, parrell, lazyjack, spare halyard.
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