Replacing hanks on headsail and found some wear on the sail.

[Jimbocky]

Working on replacing hanks on my headsail and I have some wear where the hanks were. Is this something I can repair to keep the sail from wearing more and if so how would I go about it?
Thanks.

 

[Christian Williams]

Welcome aboard, Jim. Lots of E27 members here.

If it were me I'd just put some tape on it. Looks like normal wear, and any padding ought to extend life.

 

[Pete the Cat]

Hood Sails used to wrap plastic like used in dodger windows around the luff with a hole in it that slipped over the end of the hank hook. Or you could take the time to serve that with sail thread like a finished bitter end of a line (am I the only person who still does this?). Might be a lot of work. You also could use rigging chafe tape. Just ideas.