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Default Southwest Connecticut Ernesto damage.

Bart Senior wrote:


What can be done to protect roller furled sails for those who
wish to leave a jib furled on a sail boat?


In general practice, we always keep our furler tied down with safety

ties around the sil. I imagine that in hurricane force winds, even that
would be laughable, but we take the job down for that kind of weather.