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Maintenance i-Sailsi-Sails

We made your sails with the best cloth available for the application, and we manufactured and finished them to exacting standards - the following maintenance advice will let you maximize their life span, and the fun and pleasure you get out of them... this is particularly important for the "Performance Series" sails, whose cloth provides the best available performance for top racers...

  • Before sailing

Do not rig on sand, or other abrasive surfaces, such as parking lot blacktop - this will lengthen the lisp of the seams .
Do not let your sails flap in the wind any longer than necessary to rig...

  • After sailing

Do not let your sails flap in the wind any longer than necessary to de-rig... :-)

Rinse your sails, if your sailed at a saltwater venue

Remove or de-tension the battens, to remove tension from the elastic and/or cloth

Let your sails dry - without flapping -, before putting them away

Roll them up rather than fold them, and if you must fold them, do so lightly, and do not always fold them in the same location, to avoid large creases- for Laser®* sails, use your mast top as a guide to roll your sail!

if you need to clean up some spots, use soapy water and brush - no chemicals or harsh abrasive products.

  • Storage

Store your sails in a dry, well ventilated location- avoid very high temperatures (in a car, under a boat cover) or very low temperatures: this will prolong the life of the sail finishes and plastic parts, such as sail windows, batten elastics, straps, buckles, leech line cleats etc.

 

 

 
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