OFF SEASON SAIL STORAGE
OFF SEASON SAIL STORAGE
Storing Your Sails in Three Easy Steps
Storing your sails can be a headache, especially if you’re unsure how to put them away properly. Follow these three simple steps to make sure your sails are safe all winter long:
- Dry
- Fold
- Store Safely
- Pests: small animals love calling sails their home for the winter. They also won’t hesitate to chew right through your sails until they’re perfectly cozy. Make sure you store in an area that isn’t accessible to rodents or other pests.
- Humidity and temperature: Store sails in a dry place so they don’t accumulate moisture throughout the winter. A temperature-controlled area is also a good idea. Leaving them on your boat? Not such a good idea.
- Use common sense: don’t pile heavy things on top of your sails. Flooding can be devastating to sails (we can only rinse spinnakers, laminates and 3Di). Store indoors, not outdoors, as mother nature isn’t always kind.
