[Rhodes22-list] Oooooo my first storm damage!

[Tom Van Heule]

Also to Mike's sentiment, I cleated and winched the jenny lines before I
left.

Ended up wrapping the main clew around the mast to hold it till calmer
weather, and looping the car to the boom....

On Thu, May 27, 2021, 6:21 PM Scott Andrews via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Unshackling and wrapping the clew sounds like a good idea. I plan to do
> that in the future.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 27, 2021, at 6:02 PM, Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the replies, hopefully this helps the knowledge base....
> >
> > The main sail, not the headsail/jib/Genoa/jenny, broke from the boom car.
> > The sail in the IMF, running aft on the boom is what broke loose.  The
> > outhaul car shackle to the main sail clew (IMF rig) broke.  My fix should
> > be a new piece of SS to couple the sail clew to the outhaul car.
> > Everything else seemed ok.
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:39 PM Chris on LBI <cknell at vt.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> I, too, always put a tie around the genoa (every time we return). I also
> >> un-shackle the main from the outhaul car, wrap the exposed clew around
> the
> >> mast, and put a couple of ties around it if I'm going to be away for
> more
> >> than a day or if high wind conditions are expected. It only takes a
> minute
> >> ... and as a side benefit reduces windage.
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
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