SAILING NEWS
Laying up 9
for winter
WRAPPED far as the bigger brethren are concerned, storage facilities, and there are still some
UP: A total Boatcoat (www.boatcoat.co.uk) have good value deals to be obtained with many
wrap for designed a total body wrap for your baby. offering free storage which is a boon.
your boat
Happily it does not cause shrinkage like the For those north of Watford Gap consideration
is one
health-farm version of such items, but does should be given to the service offered by
option
give your baby the protection of the indoors Saturn Sails ( www.SaturnSails.co.uk), who
out of doors, without causing problems with offer a winter servicing and refurbishment
ventilation. that includes washing, overhauling and re-
SAIL CARE/REPAIR:
cutting of sails. Sails can then be stored until
the following season without charge, provid-
A must if we are to make these expensive
ing settlement of the account has been made.
items make it through the winter and emerge
Collections/deliveries can easily be arranged
in fine fettle ready for fitting out.
from anywhere in the UK, advertised for a
Dinghy sailors and yachties alike benefit
one-way charge of approximately £15
from the fact that most modern sail cloth is
(+VAT). Many other sail lofts provide a sim-
resistant to water and salt. Some may even be
ilar service.
brave enough to leave sails on the boat, but
that is a course that I would avoid at all costs.
BOAT CARE AND REPAIR:
Dinghy sails again are easier to store. All Care starts with a jolly good clean, again
sails require a thorough cleaning process using plenty of fresh water, and a good scrub-
with plenty of fresh water to remove the salt bing brush or deck brush. Some recommend
crystals, and you should look after your sails teak cleaner for decks, personally just plenty
to keep them in pristine condition by storing of water and elbow grease is a better alterna-
protect the deck. In winter moisture between fitted with secure fastenings to prevent them rolled on a plastic drainpipe rather than tive as there are no resultant residues, or
hardware and the deck or in minute cracks in buffeting, and padded to prevent chafe, in stuffed into a bag. Repairs and cleaning may mildew.
the gelcoat will repeatedly freeze causing the addition it should be well ventilated to allow require the expertise of your Class sailmaker, Care needs to be taken around fittings.
cracks to widen with each frost. the circulation of air. Flapping covers can or just a little effort and patience. This is where the Vaseline comes in as a coat
If a canvas or reinforced plastic cover is cause more damage than wind, snow or ice! Big boat sails usually require rather more on the bright metals and plastic in the cock
used, take it out of storage a week or so The Sailing News team particularly like specialist care owing to size causing logisti- pit gives protection that can be easily
before it is needed to inspect for the dreaded dinghy covers from Speed sails cal problems with regards to both cleaning removed in the new season. Below decks for
mildew or any damage that should be (www.speedsails.co.uk) which offer plenty and storage. Many of the larger sail makers
repaired. Your cover needs to be properly of secure fastenings to prevent chafing. As and sail lofts offer cleaning, repair and
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