wash the mainsail that had become home to a family of starlings nesting in a few weeks earlier. One can understand that in a short space of a few weeks that they had made quite a mess. Fortunately, the mixture of feces and nesting material presented in the bag of the candle, washed with ease.

There was virtually no breeze at the time, so they were able to raise the main and shake off much of. With water from the pier and a soft brush the remainder came away without any additional cleaning agent – it could have been much worse!

Since the principal was until a hose on both sides of the sail, bringing back the appearance of an almost new. If time had allowed should be dropped altogether, they drew the boat and washed background on the dock.

Washing sails regularly is an important component of maintenance of the sail.

The salt accumulates over time in tissue be hygroscopic material and, alternatively, it absorbs moisture, and then crystallized hard when dry. This action will eventually shorten the life of your sails, on especially when you add the scaling (principal) and material (Genoa) in Eq. Along with ultraviolet rays, these are the two worst enemies of their sails. Moreover, salt encrusted candles are more difficult to handle – this becomes more evident when we change the prow of a sailing ship with the launch in all over the place!

Therefore, washed with fresh water regularly (read regularly) salt rinses and leaves them both and feeling fresh – the candles will love this little TLC. and you'll notice the difference the first time that Hank in the next wash.

Of course, you can have your candles commercially washed, but good to do this work yourself as part of its continuing program of maintenance of ship and become familiar with your boat and what should be done regularly. You also get the satisfaction completing other work yourself.

For more stubborn stains such as grease, rust, etc. a number of cleaning agents available – Make sure read all instructions carefully and never be tough for fear of damaging the fibers of sail – best deal gently two or three times to wash the life out of the candle!

Always rinse thoroughly after applying any cleaning product

We're talking polyester (Dacron) candles here, which for sailing ships Cruising is still the main structure of choice currently used. For more tissues sailing high technology, such as Kevlar, Mylar methods etc. more sophisticated and cleaning agents as necessary.

You can go to Doyle Sailmakers website www.doylesails.com For more detailed information and cleaning agents that can be used.

We spent half hour or so cleaning and washing of the sail that day and then departed for a day's sail in the waters south of Victoria fantastic – Time well spent.

At the end of your day out to ensure that all candles are flaked / rolled carefully and covered. All Nations United-Hank candles are removed in the spring and bent his sailbag. This is also a good time to wash down making sure they are dry before turning back.

You can read more about boat maintenance in my book "Journey of the small ship Tere Moana" download from my site sailboat2adventure

About the Author:

Vincent Bossley is a sailor and publisher living on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. He has his own www.sailboat2adventure.com website for cruising sailors, sailors planning their lifetime adventure, armchair sailors, virtual sailors and indeed anyone who has ever dreamt about sailing off into the oceans of this beautiful planet of ours. He offers an extremely useful package of ’101 Dollar Saving Tips for Sailors’ gleaned from his experiences that could save the voyager many hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars during their voyage. Included is his 135 page download illustrated ebook ‘Voyage of the Little Ship ‘Tere Moana’ of his own four year sailing adventure to many of these tropical paradises. Also FREE is the ‘Ten Top Tips’ to look for when purchasing your dream sailboat by internationally renowned marine surveyor Mark Clarke. Vincent is passionate about getting budding sailors started on planning their own odyssey. You can visit him anytime on his www.sailboat2adventure.com website

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