Alan Gomes wrote:
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
Vecause they are permanent...you cannot deploy and undeploy them without
having to unthread the whole thing and having to stand on the boom to
rethread back through the blocks. There is not enough line to draw the
whole thing back to the mast...and since out main is old, we've found
that pulling the system taut in some situations keeps the main from
bagging out...a consolation prize until we can afford a new main....