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As the search for thin mylar film continues, I made a sailset out of spinaker, which I had lying around for years, it's the paperthin stuff that wrinkles like mad and is one of the noisiest materials I know. Our cat scares herself when she tears through the heap of spinaker on the floor.... I tested...

Hi guys, Made my first set of sails this weekend (mylar) and tested it on sunday afternoon. I must say, it did not look that bad, for a first go, I did not get the curve right in the lower mainsail seam and had a nasty fold in light winds, which disappeared in a gust,so I guess the curve is too big....

Hi Chris, Maybe you've already read it, but I found the Sailmaking Notes on the Graham Bantock site very usefull in getting started making my own sails. The notes are downloadable as PDF. www.sailsetc.com I've just finished my first set in mylar and it doesn't look that bad, but I'll wait with a jud...

Hi guys, Something I could not find in pictures or other topics: do I need to reinforce the joints between the (Mylar) panels, made with 6mm doublesided tape, if so, how? Or should it hold? I used selfadhesive spinaker for the luff of the main, is that sufficient, or should I've incorporated a line?...

Thanks Chris,

I'll start with a copy of the stock sailmeasures in Mylar.

As the Voyager has the mast through the deck, moving it back would require some surgery to get enough support for a mast rail.
Also the rigging would need some modifications.

I'll keep you posted.

Regards, Jan.

Thanks for your info Anders,

I'll adapt the 118 cm luff rig for my boat and see how it works.

After that I can always make a longer keelfin, a taller mast and see what I can get away with, square inch-wise.

Regards, Jan.

Thanks for the advice! As IOM sails can't be bought in the shop around the corner in this part of the Netherlands, either new or used, I think I'll start with making a copy of the stock sails in drafting film. At work we use Mylar sheets, but with a thickness of 100micron, I guess this will be way t...

Good day to you all! Like Martin, I own a Voyager (for two whole weeks now), and enjoy sailing her. After a substantial amount of reading on the forums, I'm well aware that she is no IOM, judging by the rules. I have no intention of racing (yet) so that's no problem. My biggest issue are the stock s...