[C320-list] Furling jib Sunbrella

[Nigel Price]

  Len,
  I have an in-mast furler and the boom vang is fixed in position with a 
pin, which means that I can't flatten the sail. Did Aqua come with an 
adjustable or fixed and if it's fixed, how do you get on with it.

  Cheers,
  Nigel
  Epiphany #1061


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Len" <aqua5len at gmail.com>
  To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
  Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 8:39 AM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Furling jib Sunbrella


  > My boat came with blue sunbrella on the genoa even though I had ordered 
with
  > white---Catalina switched for one with white---they make both ways.
  >
  > Mainsail has in-boom furling---white sunbrella only on small top area 
that
  > remains out when furled.
  >
  > Len Krane
  > Aqua5   #1070
  >
  >
  > On 11/19/06, Steve Magennis <magenns at yahoo.com> wrote:
  >>
  >> I believe that Catalina offers the option of a white UV strip on their
  >> sails imn place of the standard navy ones.  I know that I ordered a
  >> white UV panel for my genoa from Sobstadt in 2000, and a similar one
  >> from Doyle a few years before that.  These white UV protective strips
  >> are hard to tell from the regular sail cloth, but are readily replaced
  >> by a sail maker (I actually coiled my sail the wrong direction the
  >> first year and had the protective strip on the inside of the roll).
  >>
  >> A knowledgable sail maker can easily tell if there is a white UV
  >> protective strip on both the leach and the foot of your sail.
  >>
  >> Steve
  >> Alchemist #909
  >>
  >> --- Denny Browne <dennybrowne at verizon.net> wrote:
  >>
  >> > I'm surprised a Catalina sail didn't come with it. I was at the
  >> > sailmaker
  >> > yesterday, discussing the removal of the Sunbrella cover on a sail
  >> > that I
  >> > don't leave on the furler. It's heavy, and contributes to some leach
  >> > hooking. He observed that Catalina is the only manufacturer he knows
  >> > who
  >> > sometimes uses white Sunbrella, which may be what you have. The white
  >> > Sunbrella turns yellow from exposure to the sun, sacrificing itself
  >> > for the
  >> > preservation of the sailcloth. My boat, hull 935 came with a white
  >> > Sunbrella
  >> > cover.
  >> >
  >> > As does my much older backup sail that I bought from Roy Kraft quite
  >> > a few
  >> > years ago.
  >> >
  >> > -----Original Message-----
  >> > From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
  >> > [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
  >> > bruceheyman at cox.net
  >> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 6:33 AM
  >> > To: C320-List
  >> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Furling jib Sunbrella
  >> >
  >> > Bob,
  >> > Any sail maker should be able to handle this job.  Typically the
  >> > threads
  >> > that hold the Sundbrella on only last 5-7 years and then you have to
  >> > have
  >> > new put on.  Should be about 3-500 bucks.
  >> > Bruce
  >> > Somerset 671 SoCal
  >> > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
  >> >
  >> > -----Original Message-----
  >> > From: Robert Seastream <seastream at adelphia.net>
  >> > Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:00:09
  >> > To:C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
  >> > Subject: [C320-list] Furling jib Sunbrella
  >> >
  >> > Anyone know where I can have Sunbrella (I think that's what it's
  >> > called) fabric added to the leech of my jib, other than sewing it on
  >> > myself?
  >> > Apparently Catalina doesn't feel it's necessary equipment.
  >> >
  >> > Bob Seastream
  >> > 2002 'Intuition'
  >> > Hull 906
  >> >
  >> >
  >> >
  >> >
  >> >
  >> >
  >>
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  >> 
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