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Bags from Old Sails

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Our old O’Day 28 came to an unfortunate end on the freeway. The Genoa was torn up a bit, but was still a massive amount of high-tech material. Surely I could make something out of it. I got some great ideas of What can I EASILY make out of an old sail on one of my favorite forums, SailNet. After a couple of hours, I am rather pathetically proud of myself for having made a duffel-type bag and a small ditty toy bag that nests inside.

This is version I of my attempt. I think the bag ended up too fat and not tall enough. Once I have it perfected, I’ll post the measurements. I also plan to try to make a few other things, as the First Mate informs me, “don’t we have enough bags?”

Thanks to SailNet users Seaduction, Jeff_H, Sabreman, AirborneSF, drb9, chef2sail, nolatom and PaulinVictoria!

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Sailing With Kids is the simple blog of, well, sailing with kids.

Its different in one small way though, we have lots of kids. Well, ok, just 3. But on a small boat it seems like 300. All boys in fact, and just like the Spartan flick of the same name, they have boundless energy, a passion for wrestling and often run round in their underpants.

We started this blog as a family to share our experiences (and I am sure trials) as we coop our young boys in 100 square feet of fiberglass and sail the seas.

We’ll learn a lot, and maybe, some of it might be useful to you!

Happy sailing!

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