"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:15:27 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Scotty" w@u wrote in message
m...
Ed, it is good advice to tie an extra line around a RF sail
when leaving the boat for a while. Many, many, many (
Many,many,many) sails that have been shredded could have
been saved.

Scotty


Not a single hank-on sail has been shredded because they are removed and
stored below. That's the way sails are supposed to be taken care of. Not
wound up around the head stay and out in the elements when not being
used.


Yes, I've seen many times how hanked on sails are cared for. It's not
pretty.
Wet, dirty and either quicky stuffed in a bag to molder, or crunched up
and
stuffed through the forward hatch. Roller furling is MUCH kinder to head
sails.

Not to mention the only way to douse some high-tech laminates. Try stuffing
a mylar/kevlar/spectra/carbon sail in a bag and see what happens.

I always have several wraps of the sheets PLUS a sail tie. There is no
issue
with removing the sail tie, because every competent captain does a walk
around
of the boat before leaving the dock or mooring. Only a complete lubber
would
argue with this. I expect that Neal/Nellen/Wilbur the uber-lubber will
have
something to say!

It's interesting that the best-known, most knowledgeable world cruisers,
such as Evans Starzinger and his wife Beth all use rollers. So do the
Dashews, and even Lin and Larry Pardey put a roller on Taleisin eventually.

Max