Nice sail! If we're talking grommets, the best grommets for sail material are spur grommets, purchased from a sail supply vendor like Sailrite. The spurs grip the fabric and help distribute the load. Set a grommet firm but not too tight, it is possible to smash a grommet so much that the outer ring cuts the fabric and then there is a BIG hole in the sail.
1) A site-search for "gromm" (figuring the rest of the word couldn't be anything else) turned up #1 to the first post in this thread. Especially in a saltwater environment, a grommet will need a replacement—sooner or later. For a smaller sail, a homeowner's repair would turn to a kit at Home Depot. (But now I'm seeing the wisdom and convenience of using Sailrite—Thanks!)Let's see, how far off topic are we....ahhh, it doesn't matter. L&VW, that Amazon kit comes with a gross of grommets! We went to our Sailrite site and the same order would be $99.19. The Osborne die set is a good brand, and we definitely want the die sets with long handles when swinging a 3 pound mallet. A #2 die set for spur grommets is $33.95 at Sailrite. And as mentioned it seems the spur grommets need a different die set than the plain grommets, we didn't know that. Spur grommets were designed for use with sails back in the 18...let me find it...here it is...1883 William Wilcox developed an improved brass grommet with spurs that became the industry standard, sold tons of them to the World's navies. Does Wilcox sound familiar? He went into business with A. R. Crittenden in the late 1800s, their firm Wilcox and Crittenden was in Middletown, Connecticut and sold bronze and brass parts by the pound to Al and Cort over at ALCORT in Waterbury. If you have older blocks, check the side for the WC stamp on the side, pre Harken days. Oh the other thing about Sailrite, #1 they have great customer service, they answer phones and emails. We have bought a lot of Sunbrella and supplies from them, including the LSZ-1 sewing machine. We also bought the sail kit for our Penobscot 14 from them. We know that the supplies they send us are marine grade and purpose designed for the environment where they will be used, which is kind of important when we start punching holes in expensive sails. Link to our post about W&C on our blog.
They also made foghorns
Exact same set up I got from SailRite.Nice sail!
If we're talking grommets, the best grommets for sail material are spur grommets, purchased from a sail supply vendor like Sailrite. The spurs grip the fabric and help distribute the load. Set a grommet firm but not too tight, it is possible to smash a grommet so much that the outer ring cuts the fabric and then there is a BIG hole in the sail.
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