BSB stretched sail holes?

[yys4u]

So I never had the BSB as a kid, I had to get it second hand on ebay.

Everyone rants about how great of a ship it is, and while I like it, it doesn't have that WOW factor for me, and I realized its because of the sails. My sails are old and sagging, and don;t look new and crisp which is why I like the newer ships so much. (I'm a big stickler on sails)

Well my question is, the holes where the sails attach to the mast don't align very well, so I almost have to stretch the sails a bit to put it on, when its on, the top of the sails have almost no give, very tight, which is fine except I look at the holes and they're obviously being pulled in tension, this worries me because overtime I'm sure it will pull the holes larger and maybe eventually rip.

I'm wondering if they were all produced this way, or maybe the sails I got were a little off. I was considering buy a replacement set off ebay/bricklink, but if they are all like this then I won't bother. So all those of you with the BSB let me know please! Thanks.

[Skipper]

If you have to stretch the sails to put them on, then I think you might've built the spars wrong because on both mine and in Lorentzen's brilliant review here they are actually quite baggy, even on the very top one which I find to be the "tightest."

If you want to fix your sails you could try these ideas to restore them. Basically just wash with cold soapy water for about a minute, put between 2 towels, and iron. It worked for me.

Hope that helps

Edited August 3, 2011 by Skipper