Use? Perhaps your boat hung on its lines at the dock, or worse yet sat
on a
cradle or jackstands, for 16 years. Mooron uses his boat for parties,
sailing, hanging out with youthful females, eating in. Did I mention
parties?


Sorry, Max...I'm the only one who regularly posts pics of my boats with
women aboard. So I'm still waiting to hear why Mooron's interior fell
apart and looks twice as old as it is. Must be that high quality
wood???


RB
35s5
NY

"Swab Rob" wrote
Sorry, Max...I'm the only one who regularly posts BORING pics
of my boats.


Yulp, motoring around the marina with the sails in their covers.

Scotty

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
"Swab Rob" wrote
Sorry, Max...I'm the only one who regularly posts BORING pics
of my boats.


Yulp, motoring around the marina with the sails in their covers.

Bubbles is truly a candidate for a furling main.

Max

Man I hate those things. Talked to a couple of people who have them, and
they like them in light air only.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Maxprop" wrote in message
link.net...

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
"Swab Rob" wrote
Sorry, Max...I'm the only one who regularly posts BORING pics
of my boats.


Yulp, motoring around the marina with the sails in their covers.

Bubbles is truly a candidate for a furling main.

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Man I hate those things. Talked to a couple of people who have them, and
they like them in light air only.

I hate the ones that furl into the mast. They eliminate the ability to use
battens (yeah, I know that someone--North, maybe--is putting vertical
battens in their furling mains now), they eliminate the ability to carry a
significant roach, thanks to no battens, and since there are only two
bearing points--top and bottom--to carry the load of the sail, one or both
are going to fail eventually. And when they do you can count on it
occurring when you are least likely to be able to deal with it, such as well
offshore, or during the approach of a squall. Then you're screwed, blued,
and tattooed.

I like some of the furling booms, however. You can still lower the main if
you have a bearing failure, and the other limitations of furling mains are
eliminated.

My point was that if Bubbles had a furling main, then he'd negate the need
for sail covers entirely. A more attractive arrangement for a dockside
condo.

Max

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:47:32 GMT, "Maxprop"
wrote:


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Man I hate those things. Talked to a couple of people who have them, and
they like them in light air only.

I hate the ones that furl into the mast. They eliminate the ability to use
battens (yeah, I know that someone--North, maybe--is putting vertical
battens in their furling mains now), they eliminate the ability to carry a
significant roach, thanks to no battens, and since there are only two
bearing points--top and bottom--to carry the load of the sail, one or both
are going to fail eventually. And when they do you can count on it
occurring when you are least likely to be able to deal with it, such as well
offshore, or during the approach of a squall. Then you're screwed, blued,
and tattooed.

I like some of the furling booms, however. You can still lower the main if
you have a bearing failure, and the other limitations of furling mains are
eliminated.


I was on a delivery crew for a pilot house ketch that had in mast
furling on both masts. I did not like it. It was fairly new, yet had
a tendency to bind on occasion. And we only used it in relatively
good conditions.

I also owned a boat that had a rolling boom furl. The sail wraps
around the boom. Hated that too, ended up never using it.


My point was that if Bubbles had a furling main, then he'd negate the need
for sail covers entirely. A more attractive arrangement for a dockside
condo.

Excellent point. If the boat never leaves the dock and the furling
is only used in good weather and never in a crisis situation where
execution speed is a factor, it is a good choice.

Max

also owned a boat that had a rolling boom furl.


Fer the love of Mr. Spock!


RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
Use? Perhaps your boat hung on its lines at the dock, or worse yet sat
on a
cradle or jackstands, for 16 years. Mooron uses his boat for parties,
sailing, hanging out with youthful females, eating in. Did I mention
parties?


Sorry, Max...I'm the only one who regularly posts pics of my boats with
women aboard. So I'm still waiting to hear why Mooron's interior fell
apart and looks twice as old as it is. Must be that high quality
wood???

. . . or all the raucous sex. Bouncing off the bulkheads and ceilings can
inflect significant damage, even to a fine yacht such as the Nordica.

Max

Man I hate those things. Talked to a couple of people who have them,
and
they like them in light air only.


Not true, Jonathan. I sailed a Tayana 48 DS and it was fine. A Sweden
39 also sailed quite well. There's no doubt that you lose shape, even
with vertical battens (Doyle makes them for Hunter that way), but they
work fine for a lot of folks. Maybe I'll add one to my fractionally
rigged boat!!!! LOL!

RB
35s5
NY

If there's "no doubt" that they lose shape, I can understand why people
dislike them. They also jam mostly because the people using them don't know
how to use them well or they make a mistake. The ones in the mast might be
impossible to drop in an emergency.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com...
Man I hate those things. Talked to a couple of people who have them,
and
they like them in light air only.


Not true, Jonathan. I sailed a Tayana 48 DS and it was fine. A Sweden
39 also sailed quite well. There's no doubt that you lose shape, even
with vertical battens (Doyle makes them for Hunter that way), but they
work fine for a lot of folks. Maybe I'll add one to my fractionally
rigged boat!!!! LOL!

RB
35s5
NY