Given the light weight of ‘Sticky back’( presumed to be plastic type film that
serves as a sail cover when the head sail is furled), I doubt that it is the
problem with your leech. (Before I went with a furling sock, I had new carbon
sails that had something similar on them for UV protection— very thin clear
plastic stuck to the sail).
I suspect that your frizbee type leech curl is a result of a tired sail that
has lost its shape or it was cut improperly.
I once had a Dacron 155% reinforced with technora fibers that had a similar
leech (which ‘bowed’ to weather!) that could only be removed be recutting it to
about 140%.
Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
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On Thursday, March 2, 2023, 6:43 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
My current Dacron Jib has Insignia sticky-back on the leech, which I am not
happy with. I wonder if anyone else following this has Sticky-Back as a UV,
and if they have noticed they have a frisbee leech? I would have expected the
leech to be needing some leech line adjustment by now, but I have it all the
way off and still can't get the cup out of the leech. I am afraid if I take it
off I will be stuck with sticky crap that I cannot remove.
Bill ColemanEntrada, Erie PA
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 10:57 AM Jeff Nelson via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
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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