Excellent Thom.... I too am an avid fan of full batten main and lazy jacks.
I believe you went to loose footed main as well didn't you? I have mine set
up that way... except I envy you your roller furling Jib!

Of course when anyone asks if I have one I generally leap deftly into my
"Purist" mode and go on endlessly about hank-ons and the dangers of female
furling. ;-)

CM



"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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| Went out sailing last evening with my new crewman. He came knocking on
| my door to inform me there was good wind blowing out on the Bay. We can
| see it from our house on the hill. It was blowing like stink. White Caps
| and about a 2 ft Chop. I wouldn't have gone out but figured this could
| be a learning time for the "Teacher"
|
| Let him set sail at the slip. Just eased the Lazy Jacks but left them in
| place. Out we went.
|
| Cleared the harbor mark and into wind. "Pneuma" lifted her skirt and
| heeled about 35 degrees. My lake sailor turned white. A capsize on a
| Hobie isn't the same as on a 29 foot pilothouse sloop.
|
| Showed him about Main Sail twist and furled the head sail down to about
| 100% from the 154. Pneuma came up on her lines (15 degrees) helm to
| Zero.
|
| We sailed about 21/2 hrs, dodging gill nets from the fishermen. It was a
| great sail!
|
| We headed in Wing on Wing, with the preventer set on the boom. As we
| neared the harbor he wanted to head into the wind to drop sail. My
| chance to teach about Lazy Jacks, He pulled the full batten main down
| into the jacks, Started the engine and left in neutral and sail into
| harbor with head sail (My furler isn't working to well. Little Maint.
| necessary.)
| I have another convert to full batten--Lazy Jack system) I on the other
| hand am dam well happy for the able body crew
|
| Ole Thom
|