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Harlan Lachman

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lid (Jonathan Ganz) wrote:

In article ,
Harlan Lachman wrote:
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wrote:

I am not sure which is better the Dutchman or Lazy jack Sail Flaking
Systems.
Other prefer to have in the mast main fuller for cruising.
I am looking at this new boat and cannot make up my mind which system to
get.
I wonder if someone can offer some comments based on their own experience.
TIA

I agree with everything Harlan said... I have the Dutchman on my
boat... works great and the "training period" for the sail was very,
very short. I've used LJs a lot, and I like them fine. My experience
with them is that they tend to catch battens on the way up, which is
really annoying, especially when single-handing. I just want to do it
one time, not up/down, up/down. That's why I went with the
Dutchman. Neither, as Harlan said will interfere with reefing, but I
do like the Dutchman better here also... fewer lines in your face.

The downside to the Dutchman is two-fold... you have to modify your
main and you have to modify your sail cover. Thus, you can just slap
on a new main when it needs to get replaced if you want to continue to
use the Dutchman system.

Cap JG,

On my main sail cover, all they did was take my existing one, see where
the dutchman lines showed up on the boom and sew in zippers to allow the
lines to come out the top. IIRC, I have three on a J/100. What approach
did you take?

I forgot that I did have to go to add a loose foot to my footless main
but otherwise there were no mods and no one sailing her has seen any
performance or sailing issues.

You also point out one weakness of the furling main for those who like
battens (especially full ones for light air). Don't most furling mains
preclude battens?

h

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