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| Author: | John Lunn [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | SX18 Mylar storm damage |
First time out with the whole family, that is my wife and our 16 year old Bronze V son, on our new (used) 1989 SX18 with original sails. A lovely afternoon, sunny, warm, partly cloudy, Westerly 8 knots, gusting to 12 knots. I looked at the jib, and reminded myself that only two weeks ago, I had stuck on around 40' of 6" wide mylar here and there to keep the sail in good condition. Life is good, the boat is tracking well, and I smiled. Then the white puffy clouds turned gray then black and within minutes, the wind picked up. We tried to tack, however in the waves, the rotator line got itself wrapped around a jib block. My buddy with his 14 year old on could not hold his H18, and they capsized, and began drifting down river, safely sideways in the water with the Hobie Bob doing its job. With my jib jammed, and head to wind, I let the Hobie SX sail sideways/backwards to shore. Up with the boards and the rudders, and in about 3' of water, we jumped overboard and held the boat so I could drop the main. Just in time, as a huge blast of wind hit us. I watched in horror as the jib began flogging itself to death, so much so that it loosened the jib sheet shackle, and in disbelief, I saw bits of the clear Mylar being blown off the jib. After 20 minutes in warm water, the worst of the storm cell had moved east and away from us, so we tied up the furled jib, raised the main, and ran back to the Club. Before I raised the snorkel, I looked at the jib.....about half of the mylar on the leech edge has gone....should I try and repair this with that mylar in a roll, or do I look on Craig's List or do I call Chip? |
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| Author: | hobie18rich [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SX18 Mylar storm damage |
Chip or Jeremy at Surf City can help you out. Sounds like that sail is toast. |
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| Author: | Al [ Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SX18 Mylar storm damage |
Yeah John that jib is toast. You can go for a while with the light dacron that is left and it'll probably go through the season for you, but eventually I recommend you buy a dacron jib. It's the toughest fabric for furling and abuse that jibs take. |
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| Author: | srm [ Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SX18 Mylar storm damage |
I concur with what other have said. Your jib is done, don't even bother with trying to repair it. Replace with a dacron jib & it will last for many years. sm |
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| Author: | ncmbm [ Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SX18 Mylar storm damage |
This is a good time to get a complete suit of sails for that SX. The main isn't long for this world either. I'd say give Chip a call and update the whole deal. The SX squaretop he built me is sweet! And, if you are interested my Tiger main and jib are for sale. I even have a boom for the Tiger main, tigers foot is shorter than the H18. Just let me know, thinking $500 for it all. |
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| Author: | Skipshot [ Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SX18 Mylar storm damage |
What he ^^^ said. Get the new sails and compare their performance to the old ones with your regular sailing buddies in a casual race, then you'll wonder why you didn't get new sails long ago. |
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