My niece Vanessa has a favourite sail - a Neil Pryde 5.7 Firefly. She used it daily when living in Bonaire and working at Jibe City. She
brought it home to Canada in 2013. But the hot sun down south had taken its toll on the window and when I rolled it up this
fall for Vanessa after her last session, it was completely cracking and falling apart.
I was happy to find a nice guy named Konstantin who does sail repairs in Toronto. He did a great job fixing it. And he managed to get the sail repaired just before heading off on his holidays - which by chance was down to - yes, Jibe City in Bonaire!
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| Thanks Konstantine for the sail repair |
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| I got a custom matching logo created! |
I got
the sticker shop in Northern Ontario that normally does SkiDoo letters to do a fantastic job of recreating the Firefly script with a new Vanessa's Firefly which I put on the newly replaced window.
Merry Christmas Vanessa! Hope this gift lasts long enough for the little one to go windsurfing with you. Here are shots of the sail before the repair:
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| A few minor holes |
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| The window was beyond being fixed with tape! |
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And the mast sleeve needed work too!
Thanks Konstantin! |
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