[Rhodes22-list] Removing the 175 genoa for the winter

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When my boat was delivered it came with the lines required to remove the Genoa and I was told by the delivery guys that I should take it off in the winter. Not sure they are the best source of advice so I'm open to suggestions. 

Bob 

Robert Weiss
Professor/Director Emeritus, SIUC
Director of Music, 1st U. Methodist Carbondale IL

> On Nov 30, 2014, at 3:58 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> I recently purchased a boat from another list member and was told that he
> had left the genoa on the boat during the winter so was planning to do the
> same.  Is there a reason why the genoa should be stored off the boat?
> 
> Susan
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> I'm going to close up my boat for the winter on Tuesday and plan to remove
> the 175 genoa and store it off the boat. Stan sent 2 halyard lines to use to
> help remove the sail and I think I understand how to do this. My question is
> will I be able to do this by myself? I know I have to open the sail all the
> way up, attach the halyard lines to the lines cleated at the bottom of the
> sail, and then pull the luff down through the slot in the plastic furling
> tube. Any suggestions on how to handle all that sail by myself? Maybe roll
> the sail from the clew in order to handle it all. Anyone else done this
> alone? 
> 
> Thanks.
> Bob
> Yet unnamed 1998 Recycled in 2014 Rhodes
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