I'd like to hear about hankon advantages. Remember I'm still learning

He loves standing out on the foredeck grabbing down yards of sail in 9 =
foot seas with the wind blowing the snot out of your head while you =
stuff the sail down the hole before it goes in the water and then when =
you finally have that one taken care of for the moment, you have to =
unbag the next as a wave catches you smack across the gullet and your =
wool cap drips down into your eyes. By this time, even though you have =
on Gortex gloves, your hands are stiff and cold and you're fumbling with =
the hanks as you bounce around because your boat needs the jib for =
balance and right now its' bobbing along on main alone. You have the =
halyard in your left hand while you hank on with your right and you run =
up a few feet at a time because if you try to hank them all on first and =
then raise the sail you'll drown from the water coming over the bow. =
You finally get the sail raisaed and then you have to get back to the =
mast with the halyard to tie it off. By this time you're soaked through =
and are really relieved that you have to go below to bag up the other =
jib, except you realize that you stuffed that wet sail down the v-berth =
on top of your dry bedding...which isn't dry any longer. So you bag up =
the jib and by this time, the guy on the tiller is getting a bit worn =
and wants some relief so he yells at you to get your butt up topside and =
steer for a bit. The only consolation is that he might make better =
coffee than you do. Oh, and did I mention about how lovely it is to =
straddle the bow in big waves, bouncing around, and hitting a cleat or =
pad eye every other wave? Great advantage says I.

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