"Charging" is winding up the line on the drum before the sail is raised. If charged
clockwise, the sail will be rolled counter-clockwise, so the cover should be to starboard.


"SkitchNYC" wrote in message
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Well, I guess it is possible, but since the sail is raised with the furling
line on the drum, this mixup would require the line to be pulled all the way
out and the drum wound back up the opposite way. Also not seemingly likely.
BTW, if "charge" means furl, I think your manual is wrong.

Do some drums have a right way and wrong way? My Harken works both ways.
From the
manual:

Tip: The position of the suncover on the sail determines the direction of
rotation:
Suncover to starboard - "charge" by turning clockwise. Suncover to port -
"charge" by
turning counter-clockwise.

It is possible that the feed angle for the line prefers one direction or
another.


"SkitchNYC" wrote in message
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In the case of the boats I have owned, I much prefer to use a
sacrificial furling cover that is white. The only downside is that it
is possible, upon rerigging things to have the sail furling in the
opposite direction than was intended, with the result being the
sacrificial cover is on the inside, where it doesn't do any good.
That is a harder mistake to make with the standard dark furling cover,
but fairly easy with a white one.

Please explain how this can be. It seems that it would require turning the
drum the wrong way or running the leach up the foil, both of which seem
pretty
easy to avoid.