Skip flaked my mainsail for me when I took him and Lydia sailing.
What a joy it was to hoist the next time! It all stayed on the boom so
I was just lifting it from there instead of from the cabin top where
it normally falls after the last tie is removed.

Since I usually do the furling myself, either single handed or with
minimally useful crew, in a crowded harbor, I still just do the quick
roll furl. I could flake it back at the dock but everyone's usually
in a hurry to leave.

I'll probably start making the flaking another of the cruising rituals
when things are more relaxed.

Have you gotten your boat to Portland yet?

--

Roger Long



"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message
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I am always trying a new method of rolling my mainsail up. Over the
top,
roll from the bottom ,,,

What method do you use to roll up the main once it is dropped?