How do you wash and dry a sail in the woods.......any way you can. In the slim, sliver of open area at the house I was able to hang up the #2 between the flag pole and a tree to dry after a thorough wash. I had only used the sail once in sunny conditions and put it away dry. We came back to the boat 4 weeks later and it had mildewed throughout. The other sail used in the same conditions and put away the same way, in the same bag, was fine. I still can not explain it. The locker it was in did leak while we were gone but the sail was not wet. Why one sail and not the other? I hand washed the sail with a very mild bleach solution. I know they say that the bleach will eat away at the threads but realistically, it is a 25+ year sail. I was only hoping to get a couple of years out of them any way. I rinsed a lot, soaking the sail, and got most of the staining out.
The other project was bed extension pieces for the v-berth and and extension piece in the main salon. I am making the boards and supports and the Admiral is sewing the covers. This week I will also make the bimini extensions and support brackets.
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