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- From: myoung@digi.lonestar.org (Michael Young)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: double headstay
- Keywords: fun
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.142238.2663@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 14:22:38 GMT
- References: <1678@seqp4.sequoia.com>
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- In article <1678@seqp4.sequoia.com> jcurtis@seqp4.sequoia.com (John Curtis) writes:
- >
- > My experience with roller furling rigs has been very good
- > *under moderate conditions*. The one time that I got caught
- > with my pants down by a 35-40 kt squall (with 120% genoa up, on
- > a 50 ft boat - definite major faux pas) - the roller furling
- > was totally useless. Even in the lulls, at 25 kts or so, the
- > damn thing would not furl. Pulling the sail down the luff track
- > under those loads was not easy - we were very lucky not to
- > destroy the sail. If this sail had been hanked on with a
- > downhaul in place it would have come down in seconds, virtually
- > regardless of how loaded it was. Not that I plan to repeat this,
- > but even a very careful sailor is eventually going to be caught
- > by surprise - especially if tired or shorthanded.
- >
- > Ciao,
- >
- > jcurtis
-
- After dealing with a similar problem for almost a year, we discovered a
- method of dealing with roller furling in heavy winds. we simply bear off
- until the main is blanketing the jib, ease the jib sheet and furl it. it
- furls as easily as it does in light air, and the flogging is kept to a
- minimum. this is so simple and works so well that it is embarrassing to think
- that it took us a whole year to "discover" the technique. i hope it works
- for you.
-
-
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- T. Micheal Young "WindRider" H-18 13755
- myoung@digi.lonestar.org
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