Yes Dad...

when you next lay the sails together, fit it to the top of the KA sail. retain the leech of the sail and cutfrom the luff side you can probably cut of the front of the foot and use it to add to the bottom of the foot to retain some overall sail area. when it is unpicked , post some pics BEFORE you cut

No they are not, they just need lots of stuff added because they are tensioned so much . on the water on a slip of foam you need constant supply of power.
you wont need to unpick the white bit as most of it wiil get cut away.
next job is to fill in that hole in the pocket then stretch it out nice and tight. you should find that the leading edge is really straight and the trailing edge has all the curves I would recommend as a first sail you rebuild witha straight,untapered pocket. Put all the cams in the bin and never use them again.
Fit the sail by the leech as I said beforeto your cl5 sail. then I will do a drawing for you.
Remember that reverse of the luff curve at the head of the sail...... That is how the sailmaker stops the head from falling away so draw a template of the top 500mm of the sail at least

Yup , bin em.
Leave the pockets alone as you will cut through them when you redo the luff. THe bits of webbing on those two top battens is really stiff and heavy isnt it!. it will destroy your needles so cut it off and throw them in thr bin as well.
Back to the pocket, you will need to unpick the zipper pockets and neatly backfill your holes. the type of sail youve chosen as a first is a bit more work than some to redesign.
you will have the pleasure of making it go 50% faster than the original as compensation tho

Is the white stuff an extra layer or integral to the overall sail area?. if it is an extra layer then pick it off and save it
I have tried all sorts of alternatives to the screw on batten tip protectors but in the end they are the best . I use little RONSTAN PNP087 ones . If you are having trouble with one of the battens sticking (usually a top one) you move the batten pocket further back to alleviate the problem.

Paul are these the shots you were after:




I was thinking of just using the luff of my sail as a tepmplate and cut along this line.

and see how clean my gutters are

Excellent thanks Paul, Could I get away with keeping the eyelet on the luff and cut along the red line or should I go higher along the green line or even higher. I assume it would be best to keel away from the clear sail cloth (what ever its called)

Ok you lost me a bit there (perhaps one to many red wines this afternoon )

I measured the sail and the red line shows 1.5m, just for reference. Are you saying that I should make the foot this length (roughly the green line) and then cut the luff curve from that point (the other green line, damn I knew I should have made that another colour)

Well actually I'm glad you asked I'm not too bad on mum's old sewing machine (solid metal 1960s husquvana). I have made the curtains and pelmets in both our son's bedrooms and I also upholstered the cusion on my landyacht <insert smug look here > So I'm up for the challenge

I was hoping to recover enough sail cloth from the luff and the foot to fill in the bottom corner. If you think those lines are ideal, leave it with me and I'll see what I can do

Far out, thanks Paul, done.

Yes it does zig-zag, but not as wide as the zigzag that was on the sail. I was thinking I would strengthen it by doing 2 zigzags next to each other.

Thanks Paul, got the needles. They are the right type for mum's machine, so I've got my project for next weekend or two!!

If Faze5 needs any let me know and I'll drop some around.

Cheers!!

check those needles bill ,as I bought a box of 100and 1 needle lastsabout 5 sails. If they fit I'll putsome in the mail. I'm sure I remember the adress

G'day Hills,
Eyes are 12.7mm or 1/2" inside

Sorry, I'm not as good at multitasking as you and Kody

Every winter I go a little stir crazy which seems to manifest itself by an overwhelming desire to move house - so we spent the weekend house hunting.

The medication should take effect soon and I'll get back on track

You just described last weekend in Adelaide perfectly!