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The Sail

 

step 1: Putting the plan and the moulds together

step 2: Cutting the sail, Mylar, Dacron and the fortification for the nose

step 3: Putting together and glueing the sail parts

step 4: Sewing the two halves of the sail

step 5: Glueing the two halves (at the spine)

step 6: Glueing the fortification for the stand-offs

step 7: Glueing Mylar or Ripstop as fortification

step 8: Sewing the fortification for the spine and stand-offs

step 9: Glueing and sewing of the fortification for the upper spreader

step 10: Glueing and sewing the Ripstop for the “trailing edges”

step 11: Glueing of the nose bag

step 12: Sewing of the spine tunnel

step 13: Glueing and sewing of the fortification for the central-T

step 14: Glueing of the leading edges

step 15: Marking the leading edges and the nosebag

step 16: Sewing of the leading edges and the nosebag

step 17: Inserting the leechline

step 18: Glueing and sewing of the fortification of the nose

step 19: Cutting out the space for the yoyo stoppers

step 20: The holes for tensioning the leading edges and placing the stand-offs

Step 15: Marking the leading edges and the nose bag

1. Put the sail down with the front side upwards and the nose close to you.

2. Draw a vertical line in the centre of the seam from the spine to the top where the two leading edges meet (green arrow). Slide the ruler down until the top of both leading edges is visible for 15 mm. At that spot, draw a horizontal line.

3. Connect both ends of that horizontal line with the sewing of the Mylar/Rip stop that fortifies the spine (yellow lines).

 


 

 

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