[Rhodes22-list] MAINSAIL HALYARD

[Leland]

Dave & Diane,

Regarding the topping lift, I have a somewhat opposite problem than Dave. 
If I don't raise my boom slightly, the sail gets jammed into the bottom of
the mast when furling it in.  If I raise the boom too high, then I have the
same problem as Dave, and the sail will get jammed somewhere more to the
middle of the mast.  If I use the topping lift to position the boom so it's
perfectly horizontal (parallel to the earth; 90 degrees to the mast), then
the mainsail will furl back in just as slick as snot.

Rummy and others have good advice on furling both sails back it.  If you
have too much wind pressure on the sail, the tension on the furling line
will be too great to furl the sail back in, so you'll need to head into the
wind to take the pressure off of the sail.  If the wind is too great or I'm
by myself or heading home, I find it's easier to use the motor to head into
the wind.  However, you need to keep some tension on the sails when furling
them in (using your sheets) so the sails will furl in smooth and tight.

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)




Woten wrote:
> 
> 
> Diane,
>  
> I'm just a newbee so take this with a grain of salt.
>  
> Re the mainsail: Is your mainsail furled smoothly?  I've notice with  ours 
> that if the aft end of the boom is not sufficiently down when the mainsail 
> is 
> furled the sail will not wrap smoothly, the "crinkles" take up  space in
> the 
> mast, and I think it makes it harder to pull out and harder to  furl.  You
> might 
> check that - we commonly have had the problem when the  topping lift was
> not 
> letting the end boom down sufficiently.  In fact,  sometimes I weight down
> the 
> end of the boom with one arm while hauling in  the furling arm with the 
> other.  I think getting a smooth wrap is important  in terms of hauling in
> or out.
>  
> Re letting your sails in and out: I find that it's usually not important
> to  
> head into the wind to let either the head sail out, or the main sail out.  
> If 
> you start to deploy either sail and the wind catches it,  it will help 
> you 
> pull the sail out - in fact a good wind can pull either sail out very 
> quickly 
> with a lot of force so you'd better be able to handle the  furling line
> unless 
> you want to let the sail fully out.  Be  careful in using the wind to help 
> take your sails out, it can get out of hand  quickly, but it can also make 
> hauling out the sails easy once you've  started.  Taking the sail in is a
> different 
> matter, if there is wind  against the sail it's harder to retrieve, so
> turn 
> into the wind to de-power the  sail and you have to haul it in (no aid
> from the 
> wind). 
>  
> If you're focused on the boom, what I think you are calling "the  car" is 
> supposed to slide it up to your mainsail, when it's furled or when  it's
> let out. 
>  I think you have to do that by hand.
>  
> Where are you located?  If you're near someone you might be able to  drop 
> over to see how we're set up.
>  
> Dave
> 
> 
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