Sail repair between the Pitons
10 May 2012 | Pitons, St. Lucia
Devi
Yesterday we left Rodney Bay mid morning and headed south to the mooring field between the Pitons. The winds were very light and we motor sailed south. Hunter was sitting in view of the genoa (the foresail) looking at the sail trim when he noticed a 15 inch rip where the protective fabric meets the sail material. We had a similar tear repaired in St. Martin about two months ago. The repair is not hard to do, you just have to have a place to spread out the sail and have a sewing machine that can sew sail material. We did not want to wait to take the sail to a sail loft and we knew that today we would be making a passage from St. Lucia to St. Vincent and would want to use the genoa. We cleaned the fabric with alcohol and placed an adhesive sail patch and then took out my trusty sewing machine and zig zagged the edges. We had the sail back up within an hour and enjoyed an evening swim. It has been said that cruising is the opportunity to do boat repairs in exotic places.