"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Coming from someone who spends an hour maintaing his brightwork on a
C&C I would expect you are surrounded by lazy sailors. Un hanking
flaking, folding and bagging a jib and putting it in a dry sail locker
only takes a few minutes.

You'd be surprised at how few people take the time. Well, perhaps you
wouldn't. My impression is that if folks don't have roller furling, they
wish they did. And if they can't afford it, their boats also look to be
in the poverty level. There are always exceptions, but that's the general
rule around here. What I've seen more often is hanked-on headsails
dropped to the deck and shock-corded to a couple of lifeline stanchions--a
really lazy approach that insures the sail's lifespan will be minimal.


Rollup head sails are for lazy sailors. They ruin the shape of the
sail, they have to have sunbrella sewed to the exposed edges, they get
stuck, ect..ect..ect

How do they ruin the shape of the sail?

Just how high can you reach with your sail tie? I
I've seen many shredded to peices that had "A" sail tie, in high
winds.

On my boat the genoa sheets wrap around the sail at the level of the clew,
which is about twelve feet above the deck. I place a single sail tie
about three or four feet below that. I have to stand on the bow pulpit to
do it, however.


Only a lubber would think leaving your sails out in the weather, and
putting a tie around is better then properly storing them in a sail
locker.

Then nearly 90% of sailors are lubbers, because that's the industry
estimate of the number of sailing vessels equipped with roller furling.
And some form of main furling is also increasing, now at about 15% and
rising.

Max



I've never had anyone say to me "I'm glad I don't have a furler." I've heard
people say, "I can't afford one" and "I'm putting it on next season."

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