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Sail maker arrived, with wife and three kids, including their brand new one, in tow. Wife and kids hung out near the pool. Says he has a Moore 24: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/moore-24/ . Sounds like there's a small fleet.

Confirmed my current main is hella stretched out. Much more fun in person than using remote communication. That's a major expense I'd been saving for. This is partly my fault for trying to talk to them during the busy season tho I had this idea I could dump measurements on them (boomer sail loft was more than ready to do that which is where communication broke down) and then not really care how long it takes them to finish. Going for a bit less body and higher aspect ratio with the idea that the loads of power on a beam reach in rig designs of this era just isn't justified and close reach performance is more important. But also, less body is less to flap and less to get stretched out, and makes it easier to flatten the sail for high wind. While waiting (they were considerably later than planned), I got some good deck scrubbing in and other minor projects.

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Don't remember how I found this stuff Solarez stuff. Maybe it was a rare useful product suggestion. It's a tube of one-part (pre-mixed or idk what) polyester resin that cures in UV light, which is just sunlight. It doesn't stick to plastic film. It doesn't set up in the tube after exposure to air like 3M 4200/5200. You can just dispense exactly as much as you need, instead of invariably mixing the wrong amount, and dispense it directly on to the repair, then take plastic wrap and cover and pull it taught to fair it. Did that to the chunks missing out of the windsurf board the other night. I might use a lot of this stuff on different things.

Also, just ordering Sunbrella acrylic fabric (plastic, plastic, more plastic) by the yard is vastly less expensive than having a "canvas" outfit custom make you a sail cover. There's no reason to leave your mainsail uncovered. 5 yards of heavy Sunbrella (same stuff premium sail covers are made from) was $45, with free shipping, on the fleabay. You don't have the fun little twist clasps. You could do that or snaps or something yourself, but just lashing it down with a bunch of bits of short line is fine. The mainsail is often the most expensive thing to replace on a sailboat, the sun is the enemy, and people just wreck them. I am not even joking. If you wanted a new Beta Marine marinized Kubota diesel engine, noting that a diesel is often an upgrade from gas on sailboats that raises the resale value a lot, with transmission, flex coupler, mounts, heat exchanger to keep raw water out of the engine, it would cost *less* than a new mainsail for the same size boat. And if you don't cover that shit with $45 worth of actually sun-resistant fabric, you're a moron. Incidentally, the engine is one of the few things that isn't plastic, like the sail or the sail cover. Maybe I just really like plastic idk.