Re: Great sail on Saturday

"Alan Gomes" <xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Capt. JG wrote:
>> "Alan Gomes" <xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Can't imagine they would catch the battens coming down. Our problem
was 
>>>> catching the battens going up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Precisely. I often read of people who complain about the battens
hanging 
>>> when raising the sail. But that's why I installed mine so I could pull

>>> them to the mast, just because of the problem you have mentioned. I
only 
>>> deploy them for dropping the sail, which is when I need them anyway. I

>>> guess the issue with some setups is that they cannot be pulled forward

>>> to the mast and kept out of the way; they just stay up all the time.
>>>
>>> --AG
>>
>> Ah... ok. Made me nervous. LOL This is the reason why I chose the other

>> system... yet more stuff to do. Do you have help or do you single hand?
>>
> I usually single hand. Sometimes even with non-sailing guests it amounts

> to the same thing. :-)
>
> It is true that I have to go to the mast to release the jacks before 
> dropping the sail. Takes less than 30 seconds. But it really does help 
> with flaking the sail, and actually keeps it secure enough so I could 
> dispense with sail ties until I get into the dock. But typically I put
on 
> a few ties to hold it and then pretty it up when I'm back at the dock, 
> before I put on the sail cover. So while not perfect it is definitely a 
> net positive.
>
> Alan Gomes


Yeah, I pretty much do the same thing with the dutchman. I pop the
halyard, 
give a couple of tugs to get the mail all the way down, then one tie with 
the halyard captured underneath it. On the way back to the cockpit, I flip

the clew end of the main onto the boom, and it pretty much stays. If the 
wind is really up, then I'll put another tie on near the leach.


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