[Rhodes22-list] Oooooo my first storm damage!

[Shawn Boles]

Nothing else is needed except to remember to breathe! Sounds safe but scary
to this old guy.

Cheers,
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo

On Sun, May 30, 2021, 11:02 AM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the Cleveland shoreline, my rigged boat just went through 52mph gusts
> without incident.  The IMF furling line was loop locked on a boom horn
> cleat and the genny furling line had a stopper knot after the cam cleat.
>
> The old sailor saw that the calm before the storm is God's Grace still
> applies to us.  In other words, furl both of the sails during the calm so
> the main goes all the way into the mast and the jib sheets wrap once or
> twice around the genny.  Then lock your furling lines and nothing else is
> needed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Lange
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 4:04 PM Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
>
> > Got a call from the marina "your main is lost and has gone free"
> >
> > "Ok I'll be there in 30"
> >
> > Now I understand all of these outhaul car threads.....   We have had
> 50mph
> > gusts in the harbor today.
> >
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