Hi folks,

I am newb thats fully committed to a $200 P16. I got her out on the water off Galveston island for a shakedown run last week. The major failure was the stiching on the trampoline. Can it be restitched? The tramp material itself is sound, just the thread that holds it all together has failed. Anyone got a recommendation for a Galveston/ Houston area shop to do the work?

If you can't find anyone else to do the job, take it to a shoe repair store. They can stitch up anything and it'll last forever.

My 1st choice would be North Canvas/Banks Sails in Kemah. They have changed owners recently but the people who do the work are the same (281-334-7223).

Cameron is also very good.

For just restitching, a guess on charge is 1-2 hours at $50/hour.

This is not complicated or really heavy duty work almost shoe/luggage repair or custom sewing shop can do it. The real trick is the thread. Most non-sail buisness repairs I have had, only lasted a couple of years. The thread came apart. You could buy the thread from SailRite and have it done a little cheaper if you want.

Once I had to have tramp repaired in the middle nowhere. I went to a leather repair shop. The woman looked at my tramp, reached under the counter, pulled out an spool of real GoreTex(really expensive) thread and said "if that thing is going to be out in the sun, you need to pay extra and get the good stuff".

I had an old Pridle tramp that all the tabs had ripped off and the bolt ropes front and rear were coming undone. I took it to an upholstry shop, she replaced all the tabs and restiched the bolt ropes, $75 and 4 days later I was sailing.

What Carl says is good info, there is also C&C sails at 290 and 610 off Hempstead. depending on the size of the re-stitching job you could do it yourself by hand, in an emergency dental floss is supper strong and does not stretch

Re-stitching by hand ?!? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> (shivers) Not something I would recommend unless you like tedious repetitive work. If you can get your hand on any sewing machine, that would be faster, even if you had to crank it by hand.

Get some v69 thread from www.Sailrite.com, and a packet of size 20 needles. Most domestic machines will do a fair re-stitching job if you just help it get going, unless the tramp is made of super-heavy materials.
Sailmakers will do this for you fast and with the proper thread. That is the easy way to do it, just negotiate a reasonable price-frame before you let them loose.

How will dental floss hold up over time, especially under UV radiation <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />