"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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She's got roller furling sails in the front

That would be "bow," madame colregs expert.

and probably on the mainsail too.

You don't know?

But, your right. I should have tidied them up better. But there wasn't
much wind. Only
about ten miles per hour so it wasn't likely to cause any wear problems.

Ten miles an hour?? Not knots? And from the surface of the water, there
isn't a knot and one half. You're terrible at this, Neal. Give it up.
Throw in the towel before you embarrass yourself further.

But I don't
see what's so sloppy about the main. I had it sorta rolled up and strapped
to the boom
with the end of the mainsheet. It couldn't flap.

We teach our novices to stow sails better than that in their first two
sessions. Any slow to learn get shown the invoice for the last new set,
they have some respect for them then.

My sails especially the jib are old and worn out. Maybe I'll get some
new ones one of
these days if the old ones rip. The wire cable inside the front of the jib
rusted real bad
and broke at the bottom. I had to pull the bottom end out and I had to sew
some patches on
and put some new hanks on. But it needs new patches on all the hanks.

Oh, now we're back to proper terminology, eh? What sort of sailor refers to
"pulleys" and "hanks" in the same breath??

And about 3/4 of the
cable is still in the sail. I can't pull it out. It's rusted in. Maybe
it'll loosen up more as I use it.....
Those copper or brass grommets at the hanks are mostly corroded away too.
I bought some
more at Wal-Mart and a tool to hammer them together so I can do that one
of these days too.

Next time you're at Wal-Mart, buy "Sailing for Dummies."

Max

Maxprop wrote:
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
news:45ae966c$0$97237



She's got roller furling sails in the front


That would be "bow," madame colregs expert.


and probably on the mainsail too.


You don't know?


But, your right. I should have tidied them up better. But there wasn't
much wind. Only
about ten miles per hour so it wasn't likely to cause any wear problems.


Ten miles an hour?? Not knots? And from the surface of the water, there
isn't a knot and one half. You're terrible at this, Neal. Give it up.
Throw in the towel before you embarrass yourself further.


But I don't
see what's so sloppy about the main. I had it sorta rolled up and strapped
to the boom
with the end of the mainsheet. It couldn't flap.


We teach our novices to stow sails better than that in their first two
sessions. Any slow to learn get shown the invoice for the last new set,
they have some respect for them then.

My sails especially the jib are old and worn out. Maybe I'll get some
new ones one of
these days if the old ones rip. The wire cable inside the front of the jib
rusted real bad
and broke at the bottom. I had to pull the bottom end out and I had to sew
some patches on
and put some new hanks on. But it needs new patches on all the hanks.


Oh, now we're back to proper terminology, eh? What sort of sailor refers to
"pulleys" and "hanks" in the same breath??


And about 3/4 of the
cable is still in the sail. I can't pull it out. It's rusted in. Maybe
it'll loosen up more as I use it.....
Those copper or brass grommets at the hanks are mostly corroded away too.
I bought some
more at Wal-Mart and a tool to hammer them together so I can do that one
of these days too.


Next time you're at Wal-Mart, buy "Sailing for Dummies."

Max


And steal some more batteries...oh..I forgot...that was K-Mart....