"Edgar" wrote in message
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Jon. if you hoist a sail where the luff rope is held in a
groove in the mast
there is nowhere for the luff rope to go except out of the
groove when you
lower the sail.
Maybe you had a track with slides and with that you can
certainly flake the
sail, leaving the slides bunched together on the track.
This is how it works on a larger boat but on a dinghy
with a mast grooved
for the luff rope you cannot lower the sail with the rope
still held in the
groove,-unless, of course, you are just talking about
leaving the head board
and the top foot or so of the sail in the groove while
you flake the rest
that has come out.


Or install shackles and slugs.

Doesn't anybody read my posts?

Scotty