I never liked LJs after the first couple of times using them... better than
nothing, and they work if you know what you're dealing with. Stack packs are
nice, but I hate sailing around with all that fabric flapping in the breeze.

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"katy" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
Total nonsense. The system is much better off the wind, and perhaps a few
flicks of the wrist is needed to get it to flake perfectly. I've used
them for years on several different boats. Never had a problem. Never had
a batten get caught in it.

We have Lazy Jacks...now...you want to talk about battens catching We
have to do maneuvers both raising and lowering the main so we don't
catch...better than nothing at all, though and having the main slide all
over the coachtop....