[Rhodes22-list] Sail removal

[BenCittadino]

Chris;

For what it's worth I agree with Rick. I'm  a lot further north than you and
I leave the mast up and sails in place while the boat is up on the
jack-stands at the marina. We pull the batteries, strip the interior,
winterize the potable and waste water tanks and take the engine off and
store it inside. Art fabricated a
winter cover for it, but to be honest I had that shipped to the marina
directly and the crew there is putting it on the boat. I live an hour or so
from the marina (Princeton to Sea Bright-Highlands area) so I haven't seen
it with the cover on yet. I'll get some pics in case anybody wants to see
the cover. 

I know the main is protected inside the mast, and I just furl the Genny as
tight as I can and put shock cords around everything (with some cloth
between the cord and the sails to protect it a little) so the winter winds
don't unfurl anything.

I only got my boat last summer but she wintered over just fine.

Good luck,

BenCittadino
s/v Susan Kay 

Rick-139 wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I presume you're referring to the stock GBI furler.  If so, lowering the
> mast is the only way you can remove the genoa.  IMHO, there is no need to
> remove either the genny or the main over the winter, especially if you're
> going to cover the boat anyway.  You can remove the sails for cleaning
> when
> they need repaired, which should be years between events.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I am getting ready to put my boat to bed for the winter and plan to
>> remove
>> the sails for cleaning and storage.  My boat is in a slip and will be put
>> on
>> jack stands in the boat yard for the winter in a few weeks.  I plan to
>> take
>> the mast down and leave it in the mast crutch to stretch a canvas cover
>> over.  Is it best practice to remove the furling genoa (175) while the
>> rigging is up or is it best to remove after the mast is lowered?  Does
>> the
>> sail help protect the metal slide that the genoa goes thru while it is
>> being
>> lowered with the mast?  Is it easy to remove the genoa after the rigging
>> is
>> lowered?  I understand the main can only be removed after the mast is
>> down.
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