"Scout" wrote in message news:GP-
Jon (and Joe)
Other than aesthetics, is there any practical value to
stowing the fenders
onboard? I know this doesn't look as nice, but I hate to
give up any space
onboard for them. I could leave them permanently tied to
the dock
(floating). I am essentially lazy when it comes to the
small stuff, but, I
am always willing to listen to good advice!


If they drag in the water they'll slow you down a bit, but
mostky it just looks bad.



Also, are you saying I should let the mainsail carry the
boom? I haven't
actually tried that yet; I adjusted the lazy jacks to lift
the boom enough
to clear the dodger. I've never used lazy jacks before; I
do like them and
the roller furler too since I often sail shorthanded. Neal
mentioned the
lazy jacks fouling the sail and I can see some contact
there, although it
doesn't seem to have affected performance in any
significant way. If I have
to buy a new mainsail sooner than later, I guess I can
live with that, but I
doubt it.


I believe Jon was reffering to your lazy JIB sheet. In the
vid, it looks kinda tight, not a good thing, if it is.

I was going to ask ,after viewing the first vid, if you sail
with the bimini up and how much clearance the boom had. When
I stand in my cockpit, the boom is at nose heighth. I don't
see how I could sail with a bimini.

Is your main haylard tight? Is it on a winch?


Also, I can see getting used to adjusting the jib will
take some practice.
It just doesn't look right, although the sails were full
and according to
the gps, we hit 6.8 mph later that same night with 15 mph
winds. The jib
sheets got tangled a bit.

6.8 is impressive. Do you have a knot log, or just using
the GPS?


And, I don't quite have the hang of using the
self-tailing winches yet (it seems easier to pull the jib
sheets by hand
than it is to crank the winch (sharing one handle).

I always pull the sheets by hand, as far as I can, only need
the handle once there's a lot of tension on the sheet. Does
your line stay in the winch okay?

Scotty