Cockpit Cover - New Zealand Rug Material

[Jim@sea]

My Cockpit cover needs a couple of small repairs.
And I realised that (having sold New Zealand Rugs for 20 years) That the material which the cover is made from is the same as some of the Rugs I sold.
So, surely with a small repairs I could take it to people who repair New Zealand Rugs. And for them (unlike the Boat Cover Makers/Repairers) it is not the start of their busy season it is the opposite as this is when the rugs come off and get repaired in September.
Just thought I would share that with you.

Sorry, A New Zealand Rug is what people with horses cover the horse with to stop the horse getting wet when they turn the horse out for exercise when it is raining. normally the rug fastens in front of the horse with a couple of buckles. Cheap NZ rugs are made from cotton (like my cockpit cover) and can be repaired by anyone with an Industrial Sowing Machine.

 

[John the kiwi]

Born and bred in New Zealand and i had no idea what a New Zealand rug was.. till I did a bit of research.
My Father kept and rode horses too.
Suspect many people will be similarly puzzled.

 

[MM5AHO]

Another born and bred in NZ and never heard of a NZ rug.

Is it some device only known in places other than NZ ?

 

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

Okay, I give up. As NZ's Mainland Capital representative , what the hell IS a New Zealand rug?

Mike

 

[nickd]

A new Zealand rug is a protective layer for a horse.
Its an outdoor horse blanket made of essentially two layers, an outer waterproof layer and an inner "snug" layer
I presume the op is refering to the fact that the outer layer of the NZ rug is simialr to the cockpit cover

So I think the tip is Saddlers ahve the kit to do the same repairs as sailmakers and are not busy at this time of the year.

 

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

Ah. Thank you.

Here we call that a 'horse rug'. I wonder what they call it in NZ?

Sanderling's cockpit cover was a heavy canvas, stretched out and tied at each corner (and at a couple of places along each edge), and worked perfectly well -- although I always wish it had been bigger so I could have used it as a boom tent.

As far as Jim's original suggestion goes, it seems an eminently sensible one to me.

Mike

 

[John the kiwi]

Not wishing to detract from what was intended as a serious and useful suggestion.

The thread reminds me of working with German engineers in Europe.
I asked to borrow an adjustable spanner/wrench and was advised i should be requesting an "Englander" which none of them had anyway.

(Their explanation was that there was a correctly sized spanner for each bolt and only the english would be uncouth enough to own let alone use such a poor tool.)

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Not wishing to detract from what was intended as a serious and useful suggestion.

The thread reminds me of working with German engineers in Europe.
I asked to borrow an adjustable spanner/wrench and was advised i should be requesting an "Englander" which none of them had anyway.


(Their explanation was that there was a correctly sized spanner for each bolt and only the english would be uncouth enough to own let alone use such a poor tool.)

Which is why they lost two wars last century, but won the peace-in peacetime, you have a chance to keep all your set of spanners, but in wartime, toolboxes, like plans do not survive contact with the enemy, and you need to keep an adjustable handy

Re waterproofed horse rugs, as NZ is known as the Land of the Long White Cloud, you probably invented them":encouragement: