[Rhodes22-list] Pandion's First Sail!

[John Lock]

At 04:06 PM 4/9/2007 -0500, Slim wrote:
>Your leach line should only be used in very light wind but it shouldn't
>cause the belly of your sail to be bigger.  Maybe the sail is old and "blown
>out."  Make sure your out haul is as tight as you can get it.  But in light
>wind, you want it baggy.

Could be... I wouldn't know a blown out sail if it landed on 
me!  Will try relaxing the leach line (as others suggested) and see 
if that helps.

>I've had that happen with my jib furling line too.  Now I tie it off on the
>stainless steel hand hold on the bulkhead just below the cleat.  I'm not
>sure if you have that but if so, that works.

Yep!  Figured that one out real quick ;-)

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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