[Rhodes22-list] Harken Lazy Jack

[Rob Lowe]

I don't know.  I assume it's the original.  It's really not in too bad a
shape.  Now the jib on the other hand is pretty shot.  The PO bought a new
jib, but it didn't fit right and doesn't work too well so I went back to the
original.  - rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Hadzima" <josef508 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Harken Lazy Jack


>
> And what material did they use to manufacture a main sail
> 33 years ago - to make it last this long?  Or you you use
> heavy starch when you iron it each time before you leave
> the dock?  :^^)
>
>
>
> --- Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> > OK, now I see.  No, for some reason my main doesn't have
> > reef points.  But
> > then I have a Rhodes Continental (RC 249) from 1974 with
> > the original main
> > and hank on jib.  I'm saving my money to move up to a
> > newer boat one of
> > these days with the IMF and furling jib. - Rob
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Slim" <stevenalm at comcast.net>
> > To: "Rhodes22-list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Harken Lazy Jack
> >
> >
> > > Rob,
> > >
> > > No, the lazy jacks are not for reefing.  Their main
> > purpose is to gather
> > and
> > > keep the main sail from flopping down into the cockpit
> > when you lower it.
> > > The lines of the lazy jack keep the sail cloth
> > temporarily bundled on top
> > of
> > > the boom until you get a chance to flake it and tie it
> > up properly.
> > >
> > > I'm surprised your main has no reef points.  Until you
> > feel like popping
> > for
> > > the IMF, you might consider having reef points
> > installed and maybe cheek
> > > blocks on the cabin roof to lead your main halyard to
> > the cockpit so you
> > > don't have to go forward.
> > >
> > > Slim
> > >
> > > On 2/15/07 3:11 PM, "Rob Lowe" <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Mike,
> > > > Interesting.  I guess the Lazy Jack aids in raising
> > and lowering the
> > main as
> > > > well as reefing the sail?  My standard main has no
> > reef points and I do
> > have
> > > > to go forward to raise or lower the sail, which makes
> > single-handling
> > > > difficult.  Until I save enough money for a newer
> > boat with IMF, I'd be
> > > > interested in the Lazy Jack system. - rob
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> > > > To: "Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:17 PM
> > > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Harken Lazy Jack
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > While viewing the AE28 video, I was impressed with
> > the ease with which
> > the
> > > > owner was handling the main.  He was using a Harken
> > Lazy Jack system
> > > > (installation manual at
> > http://www.harken.com/pdf/4058.pdf.)  At West
> > > > Marine, the small Harken Lazy Jack is about $200.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone ever used the Harken Lazy Jack on an R22
> > main sail?  Does it
> > > > interfere with boom movement?  Does it jam easily?
> > > >
> > > > I know, with IMF, you have no need for it.  I still
> > haven't been able to
> > > > justify the cost of the new IMF mast & hardware on
> > our R22.
> > > >
> > > > I was just thinking that the Lazy Jack looked
> > interesting.  Maybe run
> > the
> > > > control lines (downhaul & halyard) back to the front
> > of the cockpit,
> > next to
> > > > the pop-top, opposite to Genoa furling line.
> > Comments?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > > s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
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