who,s the sail loft ! , I,ve seen guy,s out sailing big expensive boats with UV protection on their sails & complaining about the cheap job that was done installing them at the end of the sailing season as all the stitching was broken & coming apart & most of the time it,s along the Leach & it,s not due to bad install , it,s mostly due to the fact these guy,s do not know or pay attention to their sail trim , when u have sails flogging like crazy in the wind improperly trimmed or just trying to cut ur angles of degree,s to tight that,ll due more damage to ur sails in one day than 1 month in the sun . I also know some guys with macs who left their furled sails on their boats all summer with no UV or cover sock protection & then left them on the furler covered with a tarp all winter & still got 8 yrs of lots of heavy sailing like at least 5-6 days a wk all summer long ! .
sails r like the tires on ur car if U brake hard continuously , run the corners as hard & fast as u can & burn the rubber off everytime U lay the pedal to the Metal then their life time will b cut in half , same with ur sails every time u use them U r wearing them out how long they last depends on how U look after them & what kinda sailing u do heavy or light but if u r flogging them to deaf continuously it won,t matter
, same with guys who furl their sails wet & leave them to rot for for a wk or more before attempting to unfurl them & air them out to dry , acid rain & salt water is also hard on them ,
first thing I done when I bought my boat new was Jib & Genny sewed in UV , & matching main sail cover with two extra reefs & loose footed foot Mainsail & a 4-1 in boom outhaul & 4/1 traveller & 4/1 mainsheet a few yrs later .
so the fastest & easiest fix would b buy a new or used Jib sock for now unless ur sail loft can do a stitched on UV cover for u in a few days
J
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