[Rhodes22-list] MAINSAIL HALYARD

[DIANE RUSSELL]

I've attached a picture that shows just how the end of my boom is set up. It 
seems very useless this way. What do you think?

Also, this is a picture of my boat and the Olcott Harbor where she resides 
for the summer.

Olcott is on Lake Ontario towards the western end.

Diane
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Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] MAINSAIL HALYARD


>
> 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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