Another Mistake

I made another mistake.  Not a biggie, it is only cosmetic.

I should have caught it when I noticed in the last post that one clew had the existing tape showing and the other didn't.  What happened was that I glued the panels onto the spinnaker differently, one on one side, the other on the other side.

So, when you look at the spinnaker, you see the panel on one side but not on the other.  I'll take a picture when it is hung up and you'll see what I mean.

Spinnaker #1 Done?

I cannibalized an old chair of some pleather to make the chafing protector.  The problem was that I couldn't tighten the thread as tight as I wanted to, so it is pretty loosely threaded.

It'll work for now while I test it out.  I can always re-do the chafing protection later?

Here's clew #1:

 and #2:

This weekend I will sew Spinnaker #2.

Then I'll sew two spinnakers for my H16, one that'll attach to the existing tang, another to the top of the mast.

Sewed the Stay Tape on Spin #1

I didn't take any pictures of the process, it was pretty straight forward as per the video.

Putting the double sided tape along the new foot was a pain!  But sewing it was a snap...

I swapped out the bobbin just before I started on the new foot, so that I didn't have to stop and restart.

Here's clew #1:

And #2:

Note that I went just a bit beyond the panels then stopped on the side that had stay tape already.

The black side in clew #1 above was the panels, so you don't see the red stay tape until after the panel ends.

The red side in clew #2 above is the spinnaker, so you see the green stay tape go all the way to the ring.

I thought I had some leather in the house (by cannibalizing an old pair of shoes, gloves, a jacket etc.) but no.  So putting the finishing touch on this pool shade cover (the chafing protection) will have to wait another day.  Darn!  I thought I'd be done today!!!  Well, I wasn't going to test it until this weekend anyways...

Finished Sewing the Clews on Spin #1

I finished up sewing the new clews on Spin #1.  Here's Clew #1:

The bobbin thread finished, so I had to restart at the edge of one of the panels:

Here's Clew #2:  I sewed on the red side as the panel edges were more visible then on the black side.

Next, I sewed sinew under the ring to keep it in place and I guess to strengthen the edge:

Here's the other side.

Here's a better shot of the tools I used:

And a closeup:

Next up is the stay tape!  That'll be another day.

Clews for Spin #1

If I didn't have to go to a birthday party this evening, I'd have this done today...  Aw well, maybe I'll finish it tomorrow after work...

Here are the panels in the cardboard box, along with two pairs of rings, before gluing:

Here are the panels all glued up:

I traced out the ring:

And cut it out:

Then cut some webbing.  These were leftover from some tie straps I cut down to fit the trailer and boat I have:

Then I added the two sided tape to them:

 I found it easier to do one side first:

then do the other side:

I did a dry fit and found out that I needed to trim the edges and re-position the webbing before I sewed them:

Here's what it looks liked sewed:

Here's the other set:

Then I laid the spinnaker panels down and glued the Dacron panels to them.  I found it easier to spray the Dacron panels than the spinnaker panel:

Here's the second Spinnaker panel glued to the first clew:

And it flipped over:

Here's the second one all glued up:

Here's clew #2 flipped over, note that the Spinnaker panels need trimming:

Here's what it looks like trimmed:

To glue the panels to the spinnaker I make a lift to prevent the spinnaker touching the glued panel before I was ready, it worked out quite nice!

And here's the first clew all glued!

Here's the second clew getting glued:

And it flipped over:

As per the videos, I added the double sided tape to the outer edge prior to sewing:

Same for the second clew:

And sewed the edge with a small needle and fine thread:

I decided to use the same needle and thread for the second Spinnaker panel as well.

Then it was time to leave the house and go to the party!

I'll switch to a larger needle and heavier thread before I sew the Dacron panels in and also sewing the stay tape along the edges.  I can't wait to hang this up over the pool!

The Rest of the Patches on Spinnaker #2

Here are the rest of the patches on Spin #2.  I missed taking some pictures at some of the steps!

Patch #2:

Patch #3

Patch #4

Patch #5

I ran out of thread in the bobbin at one point, and had to re-do one corner.  I was off by like only a few inches!

I am at the point where I will be making the clews next.