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Does anyone know the size of weather cover strip needed on a roller furling jib on a 26X.

Along the leech its about 10 inches at the bottom , the foot maybe 6 inches high

BWY sells a very nice cover (specify with laces).

schoon32 wrote:Does anyone know the size of weather cover strip needed on a roller furling jib on a 26X.

For what it's worth, my 26X came with a rather nice and sturdy grey dual-zippered jib cover that hauls up with the main's halyard. You just zipper it up as you raise it over the sail, There's a small gap for the sheets to poke out, and then a second zipper down towards the deck. I presume it's a Doyle offering, since that's what my sails are, but don't know this for sure. Not that we get a lot of really severe blows hereabouts, but there's really no chance at all of the sail unravelling with all the attendant havoc once this sausage casing's on, even if livestock went airborne. The boat would blow over first. Still, just rolling up and bungeying that sail would be one less task at the end of a long day's sail.

Bilgemaster wrote:For what it's worth, my 26X came with a rather nice and sturdy grey dual-zippered jib cover that hauls up with the main's halyard. You just zipper it up as you raise it over the sail, There's a small gap for the sheets to poke out, and then a second zipper down towards the deck. I presume it's a Doyle offering, since that's what my sails are, but don't know this for sure. Not that we get a lot of really severe blows hereabouts, but there's really no chance at all of the sail unravelling with all the attendant havoc once this sausage casing's on, even if livestock went airborne. The boat would blow over first. Still, just rolling up and bungeying that sail would be one less task at the end of a long day's sail.

I have/had one of those sail cover socks. Hate hate hated it.

The wind would blow it like a flag and it flopped around causing a lot of wind resistance.
Hauling it up was a project. Had to zipper it while hoisting it. Almost a 2 man operation. Don't even think about doing that while bobbing around.
The sheets had to poke through between the zippers. Eventually they broke the zipper.

I paid $200 to have sunbrella sewn into my jib. SOOOO much better IMO. Furl and you're done.
Some say it changes the performance of the sail. Perhaps. But it's a Mac. Performance and Mac don't go together anyway.

A furled sail with a few wraps of the sheets around will not come unfurled and offers much less wind resistance.


Do this on a bouncing deck.

I agree that having the Sunbrella strip sewn onto the leech and foot is an excellent way to protect the roller furled jib. I keep my X in the water full time in Florida sun/weather, and I have been very pleased with that approach. I do have to have the stitching repaired in places about every three years, but that is an easy and inexpensive fix. I do, however make a point to add a strap/line around the furled jib when away from the boat to prevent unwanted unfurling in case of heavy weather just as a precaution.

RussMT wrote:
I have/had one of those sail cover socks. Hate hate hated it.

The wind would blow it like a flag and it flopped around causing a lot of wind resistance.
Hauling it up was a project. Had to zipper it while hoisting it. Almost a 2 man operation. Don't even think about doing that while bobbing around.
The sheets had to poke through between the zippers. Eventually they broke the zipper.

I paid $200 to have sunbrella sewn into my jib. SOOOO much better IMO. Furl and you're done.
Some say it changes the performance of the sail. Perhaps. But it's a Mac. Performance and Mac don't go together anyway.

A furled sail with a few wraps of the sheets around will not come unfurled and offers much less wind resistance.


Do this on a bouncing deck.

Hey, if you really cannot stand to even look at that sock, I would happily take it off your hands to see if I can make it work somehow on my little Com-Pac 16 Foundling, whose genny is presently just hanging around nude out there in the sun and rain. I was gonna cobble together some sort of lace-up cover out of some old tent material, but this might be better. Bobbing and bouncing deck's not an issue, since I store her on her trailer on the hard in a state park boat lot. Seriously, PM me, if you don't want it. I'll trade you a few still-sealed cans of Pettit Z-Spar 105 Universal White Undercoat Spray Enamel I have left over from My Grand Bilge Beautification Project--more than enough to really brighten up your own unfinished storage areas stem to stern.

Bilgemaster wrote: Hey, if you really cannot stand to even look at that sock, I would happily take it off your hands to see if I can make it work somehow on my little Com-Pac 16 Foundling, whose genny is presently just hanging around nude out there in the sun and rain. I was gonna cobble together some sort of lace-up cover out of some old tent material, but this might be better. Bobbing and bouncing deck's not an issue, since I store her on her trailer on the hard in a state park boat lot. Seriously, PM me, if you don't want it. I'll trade you a few still-sealed cans of Pettit Z-Spar 105 Universal White Undercoat Spray Enamel I have left over from My Grand Bilge Beautification Project--more than enough to really brighten up your own unfinished storage areas stem to stern.

I'll have to go look for it. We recently moved and stuff is in boxes everywhere. I don't remember getting rid of it, so it must be someplace.
I've always been paranoid to leave sail naked to the sun. I've heard that sailcloth doesn't stand up to UV light at all.

RussMT wrote:
I'll have to go look for it. We recently moved and stuff is in boxes everywhere. I don't remember getting rid of it, so it must be someplace.
I've always been paranoid to leave sail naked to the sun. I've heard that sailcloth doesn't stand up to UV light at all.

Not to worry. Rummage for it whenever you can get around to it. A month or three longer rolled up neatly in the sun isn't likely to make all that much difference for my rags. As you can see from the photo just below of my Com-Pac 16 "Foundling" as found, her sails were strewn through the cockpit willy-nilly for who knows how long before I got her, with only a protective compost layer of leafy rotting mulch and groundhog turds to partially shield them from the elements. Remarkably, apart from having dissolved the rivets in the main sail's headboard, that compost must have had some special curative or preservative qualities, because after several Water-and-Wisk soakings with light scrubbings, they are still remarkably crisp and serviceable:



Just don't sail too closely leeward of her without first donning a scuba mask, or you'll be assaulted with a stench like bath day at a Romanian dog shelter that'll stiffen your telltales. Only kidding...Sadly, those repeated Wisk treatments have long since purged that olfactory thrill from the world of man, which I alone have "enjoyed." As for the "Foundling," you'll find some before and after pictures, including one of her triumphal return to the waves, over on the Com-Pac Yacht Owners Association Forums at http://cpyoa.geekworkshosting.com/forum ... 9#msg76339.

So, if that jib sock ever turns up, do drop me a line, but I'll handily get through this season without it.