Was out practicing the "Wild Thing" over the weekend and got a little too "wild"- Ended up going through the lower panel (window!) of my old Goodall mylar mainsail (and I really love that sail!)- Managed to sail in and all the tears are confined to the lower panel between the reinforced areas (pretty much the window ripped out).

So- as I see it I have three options-

1) Trash the sail- :-(

2) Cut the bottom off and add a new clew grommet and cunningham/downhaul grommet to use as a "super high wind" 4.9 sail or to mess around with on my P 15 or H 14.

3) Have the bottom panel replaced/repaired and keep it as a spare 4.9 mainsail.



Ideas or comments??



Kirt

Hello Kirt,



I would choose to let it repair, if possible.



A couple of months ago we managed to fall in my kevlar mainsail and had a rip for about 2 meters along the luff, at about 10cm distance from the luff.



It was repaired for about 80$, with and am quite happy with it. You can see it has been repared when you take a good look at it but it doesn't seem to affect the sail's performance.



Geert



Taipan 4.9 Ned 186

When I was looking to buy my new mainsail I was a little anxious about the window as I found that part to go most often. The sailmaker currently mkaing my new mainsail assured me that the window can easily be repaired when ripped. So I guess yours can be repaired just the same.



I also have a large window in my sail now.



Wouter