J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Jib Furler

Once it starts to separate like this that delaminated white film will start to tear and peel off the main. Basically this sail is shot. I will probably buy a race set for Vee Jay 2 early next year. but will not put 3DL on furler again ... never mind any possible use as roller reefing.

Please refer your local rep to these photos. I am interested in what their reaction will be to the Best furling 3DL they have.

The first week I had this sail I had to return it as the UV cover had been badly stiched and doesn't really match well to the sail material creating bubbles in the foot and leach ... their response is that you really should use a sock and not a UV cover ... That advice I now fully agree with ... although it would have been good to tell me that before I got a sewed on UV cover and they double stiched it to try to make it work. They offered to remove the sail cover and give me a sock... with a lot of stitch holes left in the sail.

So that is the second thing I will never do again ... get a 3DL with a sunbrella UV Cover.




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