![]() ![]() You can also use it with your smaller headsails.Ģ. These two dimensions will determine the finished size of the sock. Also measure the total length of the furled sail from the end of the halyard to the top of the furler drum – we’ll call this dimension B. With your largest headsail attached to the furler and furled, measure loosely around the thickest point of the sail – we’ll call this dimension A. You can find a materials list for a sock up to 29′ long at the end of this article and I provide a dimensioned drawing that also has the materials list on my Downloads page.ġ. ![]() You can purchase all the materials you need à la cart from Sailrite. You can make this project with any home sewing machine that can sew through several layers of canvas or denim. An industrial or walking foot sewing machine is not necessary even though one does make the job easier. Most of the sewing is in straight lines and there are only a few pieces. This is a relatively easy project to make. If you have a different type furler that doesn’t use your jib halyard, you can use that halyard for the sock. If you don’t yet have a spinnaker halyard, this is another reason to rig one like I describe in How to Rig a Cruising Spinnaker in 4 Stingy Stages. You can use a spinnaker halyard if you have one. If you have a cruising furler that uses the jib halyard at all times, you will need another halyard for the sock. This sock requires an unused halyard to hoist it up the furled headsail. One person can do both jobs if you use the trick I explain at the end of this article. At the end of the day, you hoist the cover up the forestay and furled headsail using a spare foredeck halyard while a crew member on the foredeck closes up and secures the cover. When it’s time to sail, you simply remove the sock and unfurl the sail as usual. You can use it to protect whatever sail you have on your furler and at a fraction of the cost of sacrificial strips.Ī jib sock (also called a snorkel) is a tube of weather resistant canvas that can be closed around a furled sail with fasteners like zippers, twist locks, or hook and loop tape. An alternative solution is to make this DIY jib sock. Having a sail loft add sacrificial strips can be expensive, particularly if you have it done it to multiple sails, say, your jib and a genoa. If you install a cruising furler like I describe in Headsail Furlers For the Trailer Sailor and you don’t also add sacrificial cover strips to the leech and foot of your headsails, those edges of your sails will be constantly exposed to UV sunlight and the weather and will deteriorate much faster than the rest of the sails. ![]()
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