Sacrificial Strip Replacement.

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The sacrificial strip on my jib is, well, sacrificed!

I'm wondering how much it will cost to replace it, or am I best to just bite the bullet and get a new jib complete. I have no idea of the age of the sail, but I've had the boat about 7 or 8 years. Not had much, if any, real heavy weather use in that time.

Anybody got ball-park figures for both options?

Boat is Macwester Rowan 8 meter.
 
Rowana said:
The sacrificial strip on my jib is, well, sacrificed!

I'm wondering how much it will cost to replace it, or am I best to just bite the bullet and get a new jib complete. I have no idea of the age of the sail, but I've had the boat about 7 or 8 years. Not had much, if any, real heavy weather use in that time.

Anybody got ball-park figures for both options?

Boat is Macwester Rowan 8 meter.
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Well i have just wrapped mine up for Crusader to collect ( Parcel Force ) tomorrow. it was cheaper to let Crusader arrange collecting it than me do it via Interparcel, it was the Ins that was expensive.
 
Rowana said:
The sacrificial strip on my jib is, well, sacrificed!

I'm wondering how much it will cost to replace it, or am I best to just bite the bullet and get a new jib complete. I have no idea of the age of the sail, but I've had the boat about 7 or 8 years. Not had much, if any, real heavy weather use in that time.

Anybody got ball-park figures for both options?

Boat is Macwester Rowan 8 meter.
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Contact Chic Medley who trades as The sail Doctor info@saildoctor.co.uk at Port Edgar. Nice guy, very helpful.
 
Rowana said:
The sacrificial strip on my jib is, well, sacrificed!

I'm wondering how much it will cost to replace it, or am I best to just bite the bullet and get a new jib complete.
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The whole point of the sacrificial strip is that you replace it when necessary and save yourself the cost of a sail. From memory, a new strip on the genoa of my 8 meter cost about £300 from my local sailmaker a couple of years ago. If you think it may be knackered anyway, I suggest taking the sail as is to a sailmaker and asking what they think.
 
JumbleDuck said:
The whole point of the sacrificial strip is that you replace it when necessary and save yourself the cost of a sail. From memory, a new strip on the genoa of my 8 meter cost about £300 from my local sailmaker a couple of years ago. If you think it may be knackered anyway, I suggest taking the sail as is to a sailmaker and asking what they think.
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Crusader emailed me, stated from £200 + vat for 16m luff
A local well known was that 3 x +
 
I am just having the strips replaced on both jib and staysail with a cost in France of 400euros
 
Rowana said:
The sacrificial strip on my jib is, well, sacrificed!

I'm wondering how much it will cost to replace it, or am I best to just bite the bullet and get a new jib complete. I have no idea of the age of the sail, but I've had the boat about 7 or 8 years. Not had much, if any, real heavy weather use in that time.

Anybody got ball-park figures for both options?

Boat is Macwester Rowan 8 meter.
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Cost of replacing the strip will depend upon the sail size

Typical price from a Solent area cover maker and sail repairer is £80, plus £15 per metre of leech length ( foot included in the price)

(They gave me a good discount because they did not have to remove an old strip).

Many sailmakers are likely to insist that the sail is also washed, unless it really is clean. That is likely to cost about £5 per kg

( VAT included)
 
VicS said:
Cost of replacing the strip will depend upon the sail size

Typical price from a Solent area cover maker and sail repairer is £80, plus £15 per metre of leech length ( foot included in the price)

(They gave me a good discount because they did not have to remove an old strip).

Many sailmakers are likely to insist that the sail is also washed, unless it really is clean. That is likely to cost about £5 per kg

( VAT included)
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Crusader are also suggesting replacing the tack & head webbing loops due to UV exposure
 
It's best if you remove the old strip first and say that it will be removed prior to replacement.
Otherwise, some sailmakers will sew a new one over the top of the old one instead of removing it first.
 
Goacher did my Centaur one for £175 including fitting some telltales 2 years ago.

IIRC a sail should be able to have 3 sacraficial strips before it needs replacing. I probably read that on here but I can't remember who said it, possibly a sailmaker.
 
You also asked for a quote for a new uv. To remove and fit new uv to your headsail is estimated at £470 ex vat. The sail may also require washing as sometimes dirt builds up behind the uv. The cost of this £3.65 ex vat per kilo dry weight. We would be happy to assess the condition of your sail prior to fitting a new uv and after this if you would like to remove the uv, the cost of a new uv ex washing would be £300 ex vat.[
the sail weighs 23kg]
Call it £664.74 inc VAT
 
Rowana said:
The sacrificial strip on my jib is, well, sacrificed!

I'm wondering how much it will cost to replace it, or am I best to just bite the bullet and get a new jib complete. I have no idea of the age of the sail, but I've had the boat about 7 or 8 years. Not had much, if any, real heavy weather use in that time.Boat is Macwester Rowan 8 meter.
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I would suggest you don't bother. I had one done 2 or 3 years ago and wish I hadn't.

Take the tatty u/v off ( a seam ripper is very handy) and use the sail for another 3 or 4 years and then retire it. Put the money saved towards your new sail.
 
I had mine done last winter, 10m leech & 5m foot, I removed the old strip, quotes varied from £120 to £200 + VAT. Went with the cheapest (Banks Sails, Sarisbury) and they even threw in a full set of tell-tales.
 
doug748 said:
I would suggest you don't bother. I had one done 2 or 3 years ago and wish I hadn't.

Take the tatty u/v off ( a seam ripper is very handy) and use the sail for another 3 or 4 years and then retire it. Put the money saved towards your new sail.
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+1 took mine off three years ago. It was ripped and tatty. Using the £300 saved to buy a new one soon
 
As the only time the u/v strip actually does anything useful is when the sail is furled, might it not be better to contrive a removable sleeve to hoist over it when moored up? PVC fabric plus velcro plus webbing should cost less than one replacement sacrificial strip.
 
greenalien said:
As the only time the u/v strip actually does anything useful is when the sail is furled, might it not be better to contrive a removable sleeve to hoist over it when moored up? PVC fabric plus velcro plus webbing should cost less than one replacement sacrificial strip.
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We have two Genoas. One with a sacrificial strip. The other without.
For the one without we have a sock. The sock can be a pain in the neck. Firstly, you need a spare halyard. Then you have to pull the sheets forward parallel to the sail so the sock can be hoisted. It's then a pain trying to get the sock past the knots where the sheets are tied to the sail.
Once the sock is past the first hurdle there is still the swivel at the top of the sail.
One of my concerns is that someone pulls the sock too tight and you won't be able to get it past the swivel when trying to get it down. I've not yet had this problem but when it does arise then it's a case of someone up the mast.
 
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