[C320-list] Later model dodgers - chafe

[Brad Kuether]

I am noticing that my 2004 stock Catalina dodger is chafing at the main sheet.  

This occurs most when I am trying to trim and get the boom down for the right twist in the sail.  It looks like it just wasn't measured well from inception, but I don't know enough about the boat yet to make that call.

I am taking the dodger to get repaired, and to have a more robust material sewn on to handle the chafing.  Someone suggested a type of better type of Sunbrella or there was another type of material that I forget...

Here are my questions:

  a.. Is anyone else experiencing this?
  b.. Has anyone else addressed it differently?
  c.. Has anyone considered just re-doing the dodger so its lower and further back to avoid it all together?

Thanks for any insight.  Looking forward to my first winterizing...  :(

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River, MD