In the past our friends at Ella Vickers have received C'est la Vie's retired sails. Ella will give you credit towards purchases for your retired sails - Ella Vickers Sail Exchange.
With a new paddle board, a retired mainsail, a sailrite LZ1 machine, and time on my hands. I've elected to fabricate a storage bag for the paddle board. Images from the project are available - Paddle Board Bag Project - Summer 2012
Earlier this summer we purchased our first paddle board. We found the used Surftech 11'6" Laird board in Atlantic Beach via Craigs List.
The rocker (curvature) of the board prohibited me from simply tracing out the dimensions of the board on the cloth. So I measured cross section of the board every 12" and then drew this pattern out on the sail cloth.
Once the pattern for the top of the bag was cut out, I draped it over the board for a quick test fit.
A couple hours of measuring, drawing, and cutting produced the three basic pieces of the project.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
What to do with a retired sail? Part I
Jeff over at s/v C'est la Vie answers that question admirably in Part I of this project:
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