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Yup. Memorial Day, can't recall the year. But we got a
lesson about
docklines that night. Also got a lesson about securing
genoa sheets and
tying a keeper line around the rolled genny.


I don't put a line around the rolled jib,



you should.




Why? What's wrong with the method I described in the secton you deleted?

I don't put a line around the rolled jib, but I do use a keeper line
through
one of the holes on the drum to the pulpit.

Do you take about two or three wraps of the sheets around the genny when
you roll it up? If you're one of those who leaves the clew sticking out
behind the genoa, you should rethink that. You should also pull the
sheets taut around the winches and cleat them--not just in the
self-tailing part of the winch, but a couple of flemishes on a cleat.


I generally put a couple of turns around the jib. I don't pull the sheets
taut around the winches. I just cleat them. I don't think it's good to
have strain on the winches if it's not needed.

Not strain really, but just tension. IF your sheets are slack, the wind can
unwind the turns on your genoa in short order.

Do you clean and repack your winches regularly? That's more important than
leaving them under tension.

Max