Sail Repair and steering damage

 Its been a real busy week, thanks to North Sails Sydney the cuben fiber patch is a great fix for the tear on the head of our J1.1Q. The skate board is a good and cheap laminating tool.

 The ultrafeed from Sailrite (USA) is a great sewing machine. Out of the box she did a real good job of securing the Cuben patch with a zigzag stich.
Our 1.1 got torn again on it's first sail due to 15Kts of wind. It's too much for a light jib. She did not tear at the repair thats the good AND bad news !

As if the jib issues where not enough on last Monday we ripped out the steering sheaves. West System epoxy is a great bonding glue.
The steering had jammed but the reason is not clear. The steering line are attached using loops and the crossing loops may have tangled. It's the second time this happens but only recently. The main traveller lines could also have been responsible but on the last jam they were tight so they cannot be the problem.