Sail Repair: Pt 2 - Batten Pocket Repair
Playlist: Sail Repair with Wally Moran
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In the Sailrite booth at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD, sailing writer and charter skipper, Wally Moran helps Sailrite's Matt Grant use the LSZ-1 sewing machine to patch a tear and restitch a batten pocket to Wally's backup mainsail.
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Sail Repair: Pt 3 - Leech Line, Apply...
At a local marina, Wally and his friend Kathy begin repairing the damaged mainsail leech by applying self adhesive sail tapes to replace missing fabric and build a new leech pocket.
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Sail Repair: Pt 4 - Leech Line, Sew T...
At a local marina, Wally uses the Sailrite LSZ-1 sewing machine to secure the repair tape for the new leech pocket on his backup mainsail. Wally uses manual mode since this is the first time he's used the machine and want's to take it slow.
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Sail Repair: Pt 5 - Bend on Sail
In the final episode, Wally examines the repairs he's made to the mainsail now bent onto his Dufour 34 sloop, "Gypsy Wind". He describes the steps in the repair process and gives us his review of the Sailrite machine. Wally then motors "Gypsy Wind" out into the creek and hoists the repaired main ...
