As a follow up, I went to West Marine and bought their 3" wide x 15' long roll of self adhesive Dacron and a sail repair kit. I wrapped the Dacron around the bolt and sewed just along the rope and sewed across the ends of the tape to make sure it would stay down. I used it last night in ~ 5-10 knot winds and it held up great. The past attempts were with regular thread and I just sewed around the bolt. I had to re-sew the bolt every other sail outing so hopefully this will be a permanent fix for the rest of the season. The sail is definitely showing it's age and I will probably need a new sail for next year.
_________________ 84 14T Redline #67 Blue Hawaii faded but still working! 82 Yellow hull16 '81 Boomer nationals 20.9 on GPS 83 White hull 16 No sails "Clean and Purty Now!" 87 White hull no sails no tramp
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