katy wrote:
Capt. JG wrote:
Total nonsense. The system is much better off the wind, and perhaps a
few flicks of the wrist is needed to get it to flake perfectly. I've
used them for years on several different boats. Never had a problem.
Never had a batten get caught in it.

We have Lazy Jacks...now...you want to talk about battens catching We
have to do maneuvers both raising and lowering the main so we don't
catch...better than nothing at all, though and having the main slide all
over the coachtop....
Why do you have the lazy jacks deployed while raising the main? On my
boat I stow them at the mast while raising the sail and while under way.
Then I deploy them just before I drop the sail. I haven't had it catch a
batten while dropping the sail (so far...).

--Alan