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"Roger Long" wrote:

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.


If you have slugs, flaking is easy with a little practice.

It's a little more difficult with a bolt rope if you don't have extra
hands to ease the halyard out in a controlled manner, but I've done it
by stepping on the halyard.

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Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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