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Main sail cover conversion

When I first made the cover for the main sail, back in 2018, I used a kit to create a traditional cover:

There were a few problems with it:

  • It was a bit too short and the end of the boom was sticking out from it giving seagulls a nice place to hang out at and poop all over the cockpit.
  • The shape was off – it had a pronounced hump where the head of the sail was supposed to be in but my sail didn’t need all that space so the hump looked weird.
  • Finally, I had to setup and remove lazy jacks every time because the cover couldn’t go over them.

Besides, it started showing some signs of wear with holes appearing at the top.

So, I hatched a plan to remake it into a stack pack that would allow me to 1) keep the lazy jacks deployed permanently + 2) don’t requite to take the cover off entirely and put into cockpit when sailing + 3) have a nice ridge at top as seagull deterrent 4) reuse the same material but upside down so that I can cut off the worn out parts.

First part of the remake is done – ripped it in half and sawn back together on the other side, added track sliders at bottom, and added velcro for the top ridge. Left the area around the mast for the next time. The boat looks so much more sporty and perky with that tight fitting pack! Love the result so far.

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Got started on companionway cover

Finally got some time to spend on canvas work. With El Niño winter approaching, I better have the entrance (and teak) protected from the elements. The idea is to use the Sailrite tutorial as baseline but modify it to have flaps around my teak boards + add top part + add a pocket at the bottom for sandbags so this cover can hang well when fastened from the inside.

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Mainsail cover DONE!

After dry-fitting and making final adjustments, the common sense fasteners were installed using special hole punches from SailRite. Finally, the cover took its permanent place and the project is DONE!