"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
I thought this deserved another thread, even though the "headsail furler"
is surprisingly civil so far.

We all know (I hope) about giving the furled sail a couple of extra
wraps with the jib sheets, but do you go further? I seem to recall
someone (more than one) tying off the sail with an extra line, but I
wondered at the time how one gets up high enough to make that effective.

I use a shackle on the drum of my Schaefer. Anyone else?

I do not see the problem. Like you, I give the sail a couple of extra
wraps of the sheets when it is fully rolled and then make the furling
line fast onto a cleat which is there for that purpose.
Why do you think you need to do more?



Well, basically, if the line should come off the cleat, then the sail will


Well, if you can't secure a line on a cleat any better than that......

How do you tie up your boat at the dock? Do you use shackles and thimbles,
aka Boobspit?


unfurl and flog itself to death. I've had this come up twice. Once was a
customer going back to the boat to get something he forgot and doing me a
"favor" because the jib sheet on that side was rubbing on the dodger and
he took off both lines from the same cleat. The other was a dock worker,
who I believe was checking shore power hookups to make sure they were
secure (we had a near miss boat fire - someone not using a locking ring on
the shore power connection). I'm glad I had the shackle.



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