[Rhodes22-list] Secure furled jib?

[Steve Alm]

Bob,

"...tiny triangle that protrudes..."  If I understand that, you're not
furling it in far enough.  If the furling line is all the way out and you
still have some sailcloth that's not wrapped,  un-rig your jib sheets, coil
them together in a bundle and manually wrap them a couple more times around
the stay so that when the furling line is pulled all the way out, it brings
a couple feet of the sheets around it too.

Slim

On 2/28/05 3:30 PM, "Robert and Sandra Fuller" <BobandSandy at tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:

> Hello guys, I last posted a few months back.
> Elton delivered a nicely reconditioned '86 to me here in Cortez, Fl. over the
> weekend.  It was a pleasure to spend some time with him and get his thorough
> introduction to some of the boat's features.  Time & weather prohibited a
> shake-down cruise however, which will be monitored  this week by Sam Gibbons,
> a local Rhodes owner. I don't think he posts on the list.
> First of many questions, I'm sure:When this area got nicked by hurricane force
> winds last summer, most of the boats in the marina did fine.  A few, however,
> had their jibs unfurl and shred.  I had watched those owners wrap a good bit
> of line around them before hand.  Short of lowering the mast (don't have a
> hoist), I wonder if people have any tips for securing furling jibs in
> extremely high winds?  Elton had mentioned duct tape and I had thought about
> using some very large (48") cable ties.  Also fret about that tiny triangle
> that protrudes after the IMF is furled.
> Bob F.
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