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Harlan Lachman wrote:
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 did the exact same thing myself, except that I did the cutting and
sewing... Not a bad job, depsite my lack of sewing machine skills. :-)

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?

I was actually talking about getting hooked on the LJs while raising
the main (no furler), but I believe that's true about not having them
available for in-mast furlers. I supposed something could work for a
boom furler... no experience with battens and furling mains, however.

I also removed the dangling intermediate lines the last owner had on
the main. The Dutchman does a nice job of keeping things tidy.


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