... have been built or at least repaired with Goretex. I know Dorsey didn't use it when she built the sail covers...
Our problem was not with the stitching though. It is more about the degradation of the fabric. You can sort see through the material on the dodgers and the bikini now after 9 seasons and it is simply looking worn out. We do wash and treat it with 303 annually too....
I think a dark color would have held up better and I even found some mention of this on the manufacturers website while poking around their tech resources. It is that phenomenon of dark colors converting UV to infra red (that is why they are hotter). The material is thus saved from the ravages of some of the UV....
Bruce