Also has the benefit that it doesn't add weight to the leach of the
sail, which can be important in light wind. As well,
there is less of a chance your furled sail will unwind in a
wind...because it is encased in the sock....so the sock has to fail as well.
The drawback of course is you have to put the sock on and off...but
having used both, my boat with leach UV protection
and J-105 with sock. The extra 5 minutes doesn't kill me. If you
sailed alone a lot, might be more of a nuisance.... but I try to
avoid that as I am more of a social person so I prefer to find anybody
to go sailing with.
My future sails will be sock based.
Cheers,
Jeff Nelson
Muir Caileag
C&C 30 - 549
Armdale Y.C.
On 2023-03-02 11:44, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List wrote:
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>
*Sent:* Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:58 AM
*To:* Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Cc:* Richard Servance <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
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