Sails - BENETEAU Boat User Manual

11.10.

SAILS

Check the sails regularly, as the slightest wear in the stitching or at a reinforced
part can very quickly have dramatic consequences. Keep a small sail repair kit on
board and a book showing how to carry out minor work yourself until you can get
the job done by a professional sail maker.
Keep a special eye on points where the sails can chafe on the rigging or fittings -
turnbuckles, lifelines, shrouds, spreaders, etc.
Salt water and sunshine take their toll on sails. Whenever possible, rinse the sails
in fresh water and leave them stretched out (preferably on a lawn) to dry. Never
dry a sail by hoisting it and letting it flog in the wind; this will very quickly cause
the sail to deteriorate. Never fold and store a sail damp.
06/12/08
9:05 AM
Rev. 05
CALIFORNIA
Proposition 65 Warning
Diesel engine exhaust and some of its constituents are
known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth
defects, and other reproductive harm.
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