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Next the zipper was sewn in the top of the pack and that joined the pack at the top. The pack is 14 feet long if you are wondering.
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A view of the mast end of the pack. Notice that the zipper doesn't come all the way forward as in this area the sail starts to stack on the slugs up out of the top of our modified pack.
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To join the bottoms of the two sides of the pack you need to put one side of the pack, starboard, just under the bottom of the sail and mark on it where slugs lie, if yo have them, bottom arrows and where the reef points are, top arrows.
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The slug locations were marked with boxes with X's in them, bottom left arrow and also an area under the reef lines where marked, bottom right arrows.
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Ruth was back in full swing on this project as her feet had healed. I designed, marked and cut and she sewed most of the time with me filling in occasionally.
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High strength webbing, from Sailrite, was sewn on and we were careful to not put them where the slugs were or the reef points where.
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The female part of common sense fasteners were added to the webbing using the modified soldering guy I use for these.
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Opposite the webbing on the other side of the pack the male part of the common sense fasteners were...
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.... riveted to the bottom hemmed edge of the material.
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These hold the bottom of the pack together. Our other pack is not open on the bottom like this one and has worked fine, but we are in pretty much of a dry climate in the west. I think I like this open bottom as it should let any moisture our easier and the inside of the pack should dry faster.
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Another view from the aft end.
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Now it is starting to look like something.
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Notice how low the top of the pack is on the 3 foot ruler. If it would of angled up to the top of the stacked sail it would be much higher and that height just isn't needed to hold the sail. Of course the downside is than now our sail is sticking out of the top of the pack at the mast end.
Well let's do something about that.
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We started with the above combination f of Sunbrella on the outside and Tog Gun for chafe protection on the inside, show above.
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This is the first step in covering the sail in this area. I started thinking what if the sail doesn't quite drop all the way so that the slug are right against each other as show above. To give this area a little more height to handle that scenario another piece...
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... was made and attached to the ...
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... first piece and that combo raised the effective height of the front cover.
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Next side pieces were laid out and cut and marked for hems and for
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... additional chafe protection where the cover will wrap around the mast just ahead of the sail.
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The backside was also reinforced along with the bottom where some common sense fasteners will go. I like to have a least 2 lays of fabric where they are used.
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The front was marked for straps and they...
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... were sewn on and then Ruth sewed all ..
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... three parts of the cover together.
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Here the front cover is being placed on for a trial fit. The front is held in place with the straps and buckles and bottom of the cover was marked and ...
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.... three common sense fasteners were installed on each side of the main pack and this front cover.
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Here the pack is off the sail the two parts are shown together. The material below the fasteners wraps around the bottom of the sail.