In writes:

I wonder what Beneteau means by Semi Full Battens mainsail with Lazy Jacks.
Why semi full batten?
Does it help the battens from catching on the Lazy Jacks?

Some sailmakers prefer to make the two lowest battens only half the
lenght or nearer three quarters of sailwidth. It helps in reducing the
friction as the "wagons" on the end of the longest battens tend to be
pushed a bit to the side and thus have more friction.

To make it easier to hoist the sail between the lazyjacks you have to
hang the lazyjacks about one foot from the mast to the spreaders and
then point the boat straight into the wind when hoistin the sail.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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On Feb 24, 3:15 am, "Capt. JG" wrote:
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It's interesting how different things are important to people... I don't
have a problem with lowering the sail with either system, but I've had
problems with battens catching on the Lazy Jacks just about every time
I've
used them. I've also not seen the need to be dead into the wind to raise
the
sail with the Dutchman... close seems to work fine. Same goes with
dropping
the sail..

We have the MackPack system but I've sailed straight jacks.

Like you, I used to get the battens caught occasionally. However, on
Flying Pig, we just drop them, pull them forward, hoist, and then
position them loosely again to restore the reefing hook.

Well, that's not a problem if you have more than one pair of hands. The
extra effort doesn't seem worth it for something that's supposed to just
deal with the sails. It's yet another thing to do to get the sails raised
or lowered.


Loose lets them not get involved in sail shape, but allows reefing.
When it's time to drop entirely we just snug them up, drop the sail,
pull the zipper on its string, and we're covered up.

The stack pack is similar except that they have a batten in the top of
the cover to keep it up on the jacks; ours has grommets, and is kept
up by tension.

I've used the stack pack also... it's ok but then there's this bag that's
just sitting there, and if for some reason the sail doesn't go in
completely, it can be a hassle pushing it in.

I really like the concept and prefer it to the dutchman type for all
the reasons previously cited...

L8R

Skip



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