Tore a 60 cm hole in my sail yesterday. I think if it is worth doing the whole panel would need replacing. Can anyone suggest a good repairer in NSW or Vic to send it to.
Opinions on cost effectiveness of panel replacement?
Any idea on cost?
Sail is about 2003/2004 Neil Prde V8 6.6 and seemed to be in good nick, nice and clear, not faded. I was suprised it tore so easy (driver error)
Thanks
I used UK Halsey sails in Brookvale to repair my NP RS6. Similar problem and had a panel replaced. They are windsurfer friendly. I am not sure about posting the sail to them as I dropped it off and picked it up.
Shipping it to and fro may make it uneconomical to repair the sail this way. Most good sail (boat) repairs (lofts) should be able to do this type of repair - ei: panel replacement. Try looking around Eden etc. for a sail loft - ask at a local marina for recomendations. Or get in contact with Angie who runs a sailboard hire in Merimbula, he may be able to point you in the right direction.
Be Careful tho, cos alot of sail repairers hate windsurfers... This is just from experience in melbourne...
Lol not much to be careful of tho..
We don't hate windsurfers (I'm one too), it is that monofilm is a pain to work with, sand gets on the table and in the machines and to do a proper job it takes a lot of unpicking.
Then again I'd rather work with monofilm than ripstop (kites).
Tim
Make sure you wash it well too!
I just annihilated my favourite sail 
tore it right in half from the clew to the mast.
Barracouta Sails has been doing sailboard and kite repairs for 20 years.
5/55 Willarong Road, Taren Point, Sydney, NSW
Ph: Neil - 02 9525 7626
Or just put a big piece of sticky back on both sides of the rip.
Biren,
Thanks for the name. I will give him a call. I think its a bit big for tape as the tear is about 2 foot long. Anyone think that tape would do the job...or replace panel only real option.
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Lindsay Irwin here in Victoria (actually my neighbour across the road!) does good windsurfing sail repair jobs - when he isn't winning 14ft skiff world championships... He says windsurfing sails are indeed a pain. Yup.. sand etc is annoying, thats true, so i have always washed the sail clean before dropping off, but the other thing he mentioned was the damn battens. Reckons on some sails it can take as long to take the battens out so he can do a clean stitch as it does to do the stitching.
That said, he reckons that kites are a pain cos unlike monofilm, their material can be any colour and hence are a bugger/impossible to match.
