I need some sail repair work and I'm looking for some referals. The boat is a 27 hunter which is on long beach island Nj. and the sails are home with me in ambler Pa. If someone knows somebody they trust with good work at a fair price (I have know idea how much sail repair work goes for) close to either ambler Pa. or LBI Nj. please let me know. The jib needs about 15ft of the hem? on the leech resewn and there is a quarter size hole in the mainsail that needs a patch. Thanks
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Sail Care is in PA and comes highly reccomended...
But with a nice older all metal zig zag machine...you could do your own...
Sail Care is in PA and comes highly reccomended...
But with a nice older all metal zig zag machine...you could do your own...
Try these guys... I live near Pottstown, Pa and they are making me a new main for my 29.5.
I have not had a good experience with sailcare!
Brad Linthicum, President
Linthicum Sailmakers, Inc.
607 Grace Street
Somerdale, NJ 08083
856-783-4288 Work
609-417-0356 Cell
Brad@linthicumsailmakers.com E-mail
WWW.linthicumsailmakers.com
I have not had a good experience with sailcare!
Brad Linthicum, President
Linthicum Sailmakers, Inc.
607 Grace Street
Somerdale, NJ 08083
856-783-4288 Work
609-417-0356 Cell
Brad@linthicumsailmakers.com E-mail
WWW.linthicumsailmakers.com
I also recomend Brad Linthicum. I have used him since 1975 for new saols as well as repairs. He's great.
I'd recommend the book "The Sailmakers Apprentice" About $25 About the best investment I ever made for the boat. It covers repairs, sail making and design (which helps with sail handling as you can determine "what I have" and "how its cut") and canvas work.
I was truly amazed at what you can accomplish with a regular sewing machine and sewing palm.
As most on this forum know I'm big on self sufficiency (and saving money) cause if it breaks while at sea what are you going to do? (and I'm a cheap sob). This book gives you the ability to repair while away from commercial facilities. It is also much cheaper and faster to do it yourself. I'm thinking that a quarter sized hole would take about $.05 worth of sail cloth and about 20 minutes to "professionally patch" and a 15' seam on the leach is just the thread and about 30 minutes of work with sewing machine and possibly some hand work if the seam is over the head or clew reinforcement panels.
It is pretty easy stuff, really!
I was truly amazed at what you can accomplish with a regular sewing machine and sewing palm.
As most on this forum know I'm big on self sufficiency (and saving money) cause if it breaks while at sea what are you going to do? (and I'm a cheap sob). This book gives you the ability to repair while away from commercial facilities. It is also much cheaper and faster to do it yourself. I'm thinking that a quarter sized hole would take about $.05 worth of sail cloth and about 20 minutes to "professionally patch" and a 15' seam on the leach is just the thread and about 30 minutes of work with sewing machine and possibly some hand work if the seam is over the head or clew reinforcement panels.
It is pretty easy stuff, really!
Brad Linthicum is a great guy. Also, Skip Moorhouse, a longtime friend of my late father's and the owner of Hunter 25 hull no. 1, is a good resource. He is located outside Medford-- 609 518 0100.
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