[Rhodes22-list] Unfurling the Main

[Hank]

Have you tried letting the boom out a bit so that it is pointing into the
wind?  This should let off pressure from the sail.

Hank

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Bruce Mackey <bmackey at charter.net> wrote:

> Have been sailing my 1988 recycled Rhodes with IMF and electric lift w/10
> hp outboard for two seasons now. Love the boat, but need advice for
> unfurling the mainsail.
>
> The boat does not want to come up into the wind directly when all sails
> are furled. Since I sail solo, I use the motor to get her up into the wind
> where I can more easily bring out the main.
>
> Is there something I'm doing or not doing that is preventing her from
> pointing into the wind, or is there some "trick" to setting her up that I
> need to do to make it happen? Underway, she will come up properly, just not
> when there are no sails out.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bruce Mackey
> Tuxedo
> Traverse City, MI
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