I have cleaned Calypso's sails in my driveway using a product made for cleaning sunbrella type canvas. I don't recall the name but it works similar to Oxyclean type products. I bought it at the big canvas shop in Ballard.
After a short soak of the heavy mildew/dirt areas I use a long handled boat brush to scrub off the big chunks, rinse, then repeat without a soak. To get access to large areas of the sail I stretched it between the building, a basketball hoop, step ladder, and my truck bumper. I left it out (done in late spring or fall) to mostly dry before taking down to the boat to finish drying. It is a lot of work but I'm still too cheap to pay $500+ for the service. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________ From: CnC-List [cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] on behalf of Douglas via CnC-List [cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 9:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Douglas Subject: Stus-List Sails Happy Holiday Everyone I purchased my boat a year ago and trying to learn everything I can, while at the same time spit and polish the boat. She is a 38-ft MKIII. I just took the Jib/Genoa down to replace on the running rigging. Now I want to CLEAN and store the sail for the winter. I believe it is 125% Genoa. Just not sure what material. It is neil pryde sail. The question is, what is the best way to clean such a large sail. I have read the solution should be a mild laundry detergent and fabric softener, Is this correct. I thought about putting a tarp in the back of my pickup bed and letting it soak overnight and then pulling it out by the head and scrubbing with a soft nylon brush on both sides as I go. I can take a couple of sawhorses and build a 4X8 work platform to scrub on. Rinsing and flaking it onto another tarp on the ground. Then hanging it in the garage to dry. Any thoughts. How do you all do it? Thanks Larry
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