Want To Buy: Head Sail Bag

[MKESailor]

Want to buy a head sail bag. I have a hank on jib and would like the option to leave it on the fore deck. I currently store it in the v-berth and would like to use that space for what it was intended for. Don't want to spend hundreds as I do have a roller furling but wont be installing it soon.
Thanks!

Boat is a C&C 32

[wingssail]

The best type of bag in my view is sometimes called a sausage bag. It is long enough to hold your sail flaked out on the foredeck. It is closed with a zipper.

My bags have two zippers: one short at the tack end of the bag so I can unzip that portion and attach the hanks (luff in my case) while the rest of the bag remains closed. I unzip the rest just prior to hoisting. Both zippers can be run off the end of one side so if the bag needs to be opened quickly you can just "break the zipper" and re-lead it later.

Both ends are partially open so I can reach in and attach the tack and the sheets (clew) without undoing any zipper.

I also have two straps near the tack end of the bag so it can be "bricked" or folded into a compact bundle and tied tightly with the straps and stowed below decks when needed and "handles" sewed to the sides to make moving easier..

Many sausage bags have a net section on the bottom to allow water to drain out.

Labels for the bag (which sail is in it and which end is the tack, clew), are a good idea.

If you plan to keep the bag on deck, make sure it is made from Sunbrella or other UV safe material. Normal bag cloth will last only a few months in the sun.

Most sailmakers are familiar with these bags. I make my own. Some of my sails are huge! I only "brick" them into thirds or 4ths.

[JPA Cate]

Hi, wingssail, we made our own, too. Sausage bags that hanked to the perforated toe rail, and with apertures for sail ties, so that the sail itself was held to the rail, and the cover separate. Did a lot of miles that way. You're utterly correct about the Sunbrella, and I'd like to add that if you use ptfe thread, then Sunbrella is about the only breathable fabric to consider, 'cause both will last 20 yrs. or more. And YKK # 10 zips, with sunbrella flaps over them to keep the UV off.

Ann

[Pirate007]

I have a few standard sail bags from a 40' sloop, but they are not sausage bags.

[MKESailor]

Hello Pirate07, I am actually looking for the bag that stays up on the bow with the sail in it allowing the hank on jib to stay connected to the forestay.
Thanks Though!

[wsmurdoch]

This sort of thing??? https://www.sailrite.com/Foredeck-Sa...Boats-up-to-20 We have a larger one for our hanked on staysail.

[MKESailor]

Yes, that is what I am looking for...

[wingssail]

I had a request for details of these sausage bags. I have attached a rough design but you need to design your own. Use this for ideas. (Note, Ann's attachment for the toe rail is not shown)

[HeinSdL]

Yeap, make your own! Found it good fun and guaranteed unique.

[TheOffice]

theres one on craigslist in DC

[Breaking Waves]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

Sunbrella, a ptfe thread, tYKK # 10 zips.

Ann

yea, we made our own also for our staysail. I will second the sunbrella , pfte thread and ykk zips. We also used a couple of patches of heavy vinyl cloth on the bottom where it chafed during long passages, and a section of plastic mesh on the bottom for quick complete drainage/drying and around the 'neck' where it was around the stay. Polyester webbing with plastic YKK side release buckles for compression straps, and around the stay top and bottom.