Thanks Tom, I dropped off the sail today and her rates seem reasonable, $60 per hour and likely will be 1-2 hours, I should have the sail back in 2 weeks (I have out of town guests coming next weekend and this does not present any sailing delay to me . I will report back when I know more.
I was surprised to learn some interesting facts about my problem. My sail has a Blue Trim cover which is a good UV shield. The Sun's UV rays destroy the Dacron fabric of the sail, so when the sail in wound on the roller furling drum only the blue is exposed to the sun. I learned 2 important facts, one is that the thread they sew the sail and sew the Blue Trim cover to the sail is NOT UV protected! So, in just a short time the thread rots and the trim must be re-sewn, which is significantly better than replacing the sail. Another fact I learned is about half of the sails with a white UV trim are wound backwards and when the threads fail so too does the improperly exposed sail cloth. This requires the sail mender to cut away the rotted sail cloth and make the sail smaller. The sail mender was doing just that on another sail when I arrived. Seems like a costly mistake! Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net joe at photoresponse dot com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tom Causin Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] In need of a sail repair shop in Annapolis area. Saw you coming in yesterday out near R3! Looks like you had a full crew! ....and I saw your UV cover! was that storm damage from Last Sunday? Call Boat US it may be covered!! (covered...pardon the pun) Joe, what about Sailmenders on sung harbour road! Mind you, you will need to go there during the day and not on a Sunday!! She replaced ours and did some good work on our bimini top. http://maps.google.com/places/us/md/shady-side/snug-harbor-rd/1414/-sailmend ers?gl=us Tom Causin Kiona #1914 On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joe McCary <[email protected]> wrote: I am in need of a sail repair shop in the Annapolis area. My blue UV sun brella stripe on the luff is coming unstitched. The sail under the blue is fine, so I am hopping the only need is to sew the blue luff stripe. I don't think I really need a sail repair shop, just someone who can sew the stripe back on. Does anyone have a suggestion? Joe McCary Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net <http://www.aeoluswestriver.net/> joe at photoresponse dot com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5329 (20100731) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com/> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5329 (20100731) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
