I have a couple of questions about the photos below. The first one is a "ding" that either I have never noticed before, or I managed to somehow "acquire" last time I took the cat out. It is about mid way between the bow and aft pylons on port side. Following the logic of a "ding", I would assume that something got dropped on the pontoon, like a large pipe that managed to strike the pontoon at perfect angle to leave the nearly perfect circle crack. The thing is, I know nothing like this happened. Can anyone offer an explanation as to how a semi-perfect circle crack forms like this on the pontoon? Furthermore, how does one go about a repair when it is over the part of the pontoon that has the non-slip texture? I don't want to sand down the texture. Any ideas?
The second photo is a part of the mainsail - the luff side - where the dacron material has been shredded away from the luff rope (or whatever it is called). Anyway, I thought about putting sail tape over the ripped section - maybe wrapping it around the rope part to stop the rip from enlarging, however, I am worried that the tape may get ripped off while raising or lowering the main and jam in the luff track. I have already used the sail tape on a few rips in the sail, and the stuff does not come off easily, so is there really a chance that it could get caught/torn in the luff track? Are there any other repair options? I just don't want the rip to get bigger as I imagine that every time I take the cat out, its going to tear a little more.
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