Okay, Sewing Commenced!

I've finally convinced the wife to show me the forbidden secrets of the sewing machine.

I'm surprised at how easy it turned out to be.  Now, I'm not going to get all Ralph Lauren all of a sudden, but I pulled off a series of straight (more or less) zig-zag seams that made up the main stitching of the jib.

I have all the sail panels together, but I need to call it a night.  To finish the jib, I need to install the corner patches, install the edge tape, and put the grommets in.

The whole kit from SailRite has been super easy so far.  My only regret was letting my fear of arcane sewing machine lore scare me out of starting sooner.

Had I started this on a weekend afternoon instead of during a weeknight, I could churn out both sails in about 5 hours.

I do expect the mainsail to be a little tougher, if for no other reason than it will be harder to maneuver through the machine due to it's larger size.  I may enlist Connor to be a helper for that part.

It feels good to get back into the project.