Yes to both of your questions...They are nuts and it is pretty good
chunk of a new sail.
I resolved the problem by purchasing a Juki industrial sewing machine
for $500 used from a local business.
I'm now in the process of building a new Main cover, but I will have
repairs to my main sail as well.
My costs were around $500 for the fabric, thread, and closure hardware
and $500 for the machine + a few beers for
friends to help me move it.
So, all in I'm out about what it would have cost to purchase one, but
now I am self sufficient.
I realize that I'm comparing apples and oranges here, but I suspect the
work involved in ripping the old UV cover off and
adding a new UV cover to a sail is likely the same effort as building a
main cover with a pattern. Materials might be less
as you can add many smaller strips off a yard of fabric. I think in my
future, I'm going to go with the sock method for UV
covers. We use one on the J-105 I race on and it isn't a big burden.
Anyhow food for thought.
Cheers,
Jeff Nelson
Muir Caileag
C&C 30 - 549
Armdale Y.C.
On 2023-03-02 09:09, 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
*From:* Novabraid via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 1, 2023 1:27 PM
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*Subject:* Stus-List Re: Furling Sail C&C 35 Mk I
North Sails used to make a jib sock to put over a roller furled jib.
I’m curious if the lofts still offer it. I know the one in Annapolis
used to make them.
Chuck Gilchrest
S/V Half Magic
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 9:47 AM Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List,
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Don,
You mentioned that you replaced the sun cover on your furling
sail.
I am interested at the costs, as when I tried last year, I
couldn't find a solution that was cost effective. The costs of
replacing the sun cover (and I wanted just a
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