I forgot to ask how you treated the leading and trailing edges.

and I _might_ need to attach it to the mast somehow between the battens.

again thanks :)

> Going high tech. Clear plastic drop cloths. You get god knows
> how many square feet of material for just a few bucks at places like
> Home Depot or Wallmart.

> For installing them onto the spars I'll use carpet tape, which
> is double sided mylar. Can't say enough good about that type of tape.
> I plastic coated my window screens for winter use several years ago
> and they were still going strong, in spite of some very vicious winds
> and such.

> I don't much like the use of eyelets for kayak scale sails. They
> cause tears and poor sail shape. Made all that much worse on a tiny
> kayak sized sail. Taping the cloth to the spar on the other hand should
> spread the load nicely, and keep sail shape better.

> By using clear plastic tarps, carpet tape, fir dowels and cheap
> rope, I could probably make 20 sets of different sails for under a
> hundred bucks.