{"id":52,"date":"2005-01-11T02:19:52","date_gmt":"2005-01-11T10:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=52"},"modified":"2007-12-11T02:34:23","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T10:34:23","slug":"trans-ocean-sail-repair-kit-over-3-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/trans-ocean-sail-repair-kit-over-3-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Ocean Sail Repair Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 Below are the items I pack in my repair kit when doing long distance races. I also have a metal clew\/tack\/head board made up that can be bolted to a sail instead of trying to sew on new webbing and rings. You just sandwich the sail material and use a drill and drill bit to go through the thick corner of the sail and then bolt the thing on. Crude but effective. <font face=\"Arial\">A bottle of rubbing alchol or acetone and some paper towel is a must to get the sail dry before attempting a repair. <\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial\">One pair stainless steel scissors <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">One pair regular scissors as a backup <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">One knife dedicated to sail repair <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Staple gun and staples <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Six awls to secure the sail while patching <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Two dozen pushpins <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">One adjustable palm for hand-sewing sails <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Three seam rippers <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Selection of needles, size No. 14 and No. 15 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">One roll prewaxed hand-sewing thread <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">One roll of five-inch sticky back Dacron tape <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">10 feet of sticky back Dacron 54 inches wide <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Five rolls of double-stick tape <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Two cans of spray adhesive <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Three-quarter-inch tubular\u00c2\u00a0Nylon webbing <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Two-inch Nylon webbing <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Two stainless steel rings with bar <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">10 feet of Velcro <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Assorted pieces of Dacron and Nylon <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Spare set of battens \u00e2\u20ac\u201c or at least 2 of the longest length you have store them if you have room in the boom<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Spare hanks <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Spare luff tape the length of your longest headsail <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Leech-line cord twice the length of your mast\u00c2\u00a0 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Entire corner patch of one of your spinnakers <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Hot knife <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Nicopress tool and sleeves <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Hole cutter and assorted rings <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">20 feet of seizing wire<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">4200 large tubes with caulking gun \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it will go off in water and creates a quick strong repair<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Sewing machine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Spinnaker material the weight of your heaviest kite and a piece roll width and the length of our largest spinnaker foot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Sticky back aramid patch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Spectra lashing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 Below are the items I pack in my repair kit when doing long distance races. I also have a metal clew\/tack\/head board made up that can be bolted to a sail instead of trying to sew on new webbing and rings. You just sandwich the sail material and use a drill and drill bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repair-tips-and-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}