Converting 6mm to 5mm Luff Tape

[witzgall]

Hi all;

We finished installing a Shaeffer 2100 furler onto Jubilee this weekend. The luff tape on our headsail is 6mm, and the furler of course needs 5mm or #6 luff tape. Is this a possible DIY project? It looks like there is a row of stitching on leading edge - is this installed as the name suggests as a tape, or a piece of rope fed into the pocket.

Chris

[barnakiel]

Probably not, unless you have the skills and the tools of a sailmaker.

Also the pre-tensioning of the luff prior to mowing the thing on is better left to a sailmaker.

b.