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4. If your sail is stained in any way, try to remove it using normal
detergent and warm water. Do not attempt to launder the sail yourself.
5. Repairs should be temporarily fixed using sticky number cloth or sail
repair tape and then returned to a sail maker for a professional repair.
6. Check the batten tension regularly, slack battens can work their way
out of the luff retaining caps and damage the sailcloth. The battens
should be tensioned enough in the pockets so that when the boat is
sailing there are no wrinkles in the batten pockets. Watch out for wear
and tear, especially around the batten pockets and bolt rope.
7. Make sure that all shackles, pins and sharp objects that the spinnaker
might travel over are well taped (preferably using PVC tape). Un-taped
shackles or frayed wires are the most common cause of major tears in
spinnakers.
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