main patch and cupholder

The last few weeks I have been working on patching the main, made a cupholder and I have been chipping away at refinishing the wood and a few other projects that are close to complete ( I will let everyone know when they are done and make a post on them shortly hopefully). Today I was able to put a patch on the main where there where some holes. This was my first time patching a sail and it was quite fun to learn how to do. The folks at Sperry sails were very helpful in instructing me. In the gallery of images below you can see the progression of making the patch. It begins with marking out the area for the patch, tracing the dacron, cutting the patch, melting the edges, and then sewing the patch on. 

I also made a cupholder for the boat. It will most likely be installed below the port cockpit speaker. It is made out of walnut with a resin river. The river is made using TotalBoat clear 2:1 resin with some Black Diamond pigments for color. I also incorporated some LED lighting into it for effect. I will be sure to post photos once it is installed.