[Rhodes22-list] Secure furled jib?

[Bob Weber]

Lloyd and Slim, I think the triangle he is talking about is the main (imf) 
which I would secure with some shrink wrap and tape around the mast.  BW

>From: "Lloyd Crowther" <lcrowther at cox.net>
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Secure furled jib?
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:32:19 -0500
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>Bob,
>
>You can furl the jib so that the little triangle doesn't stick out, i.e., 
>it will lay flat against the side of the furled jib.  If it won't do that 
>for you, you can furl the jib as far in as it will go, tie a short piece of 
>line around the furled jib so it won't flop around, and then let go the jib 
>sheets, take them out of their blocks and wrap them (both at the same time) 
>around the furled jib until you like the results.  Put the jib sheets back 
>through their blocks and secure them, untie the short piece of line, and 
>Voila!!  You can still furl the jib so the little triangle sticks out by 
>not pulling the jib furling line quite so far off the reel.  I keep a 
>tension on my lee jib sheet while I am furling the jib so that it furls 
>tightly as it winds around the headstay.
>
>Lloyd
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert and Sandra Fuller" 
><BobandSandy at tampabay.rr.com>
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>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:30 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Secure furled jib?
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>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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