"Joe" wrote in message
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Un hanking
flaking, folding and bagging a jib and putting it in a
dry
sail locker
only takes a few minutes.

Rolling up my genny takes about 10 seconds.


Yeah, but it's left in the weather and birds crap on it.


It's protected by a Sunbrella cover. I've never had any
birds crap n my boat (yet).

SBV

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Un hanking
flaking, folding and bagging a jib and putting it in a
dry
sail locker
only takes a few minutes.

Rolling up my genny takes about 10 seconds.


Yeah, but it's left in the weather and birds crap on it.


It's protected by a Sunbrella cover. I've never had any
birds crap n my boat (yet).

There's a crab crusher in our marina that has a club-footed staysail. The
staysail resides in a boom bag near the tack when not in use. The owner
told me once that if he doesn't use his staysail regularly, tiny birds build
nests in the damn bag. When he raises that sail after a hiatus, nest
material and eggs go flying everywhere.

Max

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There's a crab crusher in our marina that has a
club-footed staysail. The
staysail resides in a boom bag near the tack when not in
use. The owner
told me once that if he doesn't use his staysail
regularly, tiny birds build
nests in the damn bag. When he raises that sail after a
hiatus, nest
material and eggs go flying everywhere.


I hoisted my main and saw a mouse nest, complete with a few
baby mice fly off into the water.

I removed my hat, said a short prayer and went sailing.

Scotty

* Scotty wrote, On 3/19/2007 1:35 PM:
I hoisted my main and saw a mouse nest, complete with a few
baby mice fly off into the water.

I removed my hat, said a short prayer and went sailing.

I had that happen once when raising a mast in the Spring. After that
I always bagged the foot of a mast left out.

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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There's a crab crusher in our marina that has a
club-footed staysail. The
staysail resides in a boom bag near the tack when not in
use. The owner
told me once that if he doesn't use his staysail
regularly, tiny birds build
nests in the damn bag. When he raises that sail after a
hiatus, nest
material and eggs go flying everywhere.


I hoisted my main and saw a mouse nest, complete with a few
baby mice fly off into the water.

I removed my hat, said a short prayer and went sailing.

Scotty




No breakfast?


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" w@u wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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There's a crab crusher in our marina that has a
club-footed staysail. The
staysail resides in a boom bag near the tack when not in
use. The owner
told me once that if he doesn't use his staysail
regularly, tiny birds build
nests in the damn bag. When he raises that sail after a
hiatus, nest
material and eggs go flying everywhere.


I hoisted my main and saw a mouse nest, complete with a few
baby mice fly off into the water.

I removed my hat, said a short prayer and went sailing.

What did you pray? ("Lord, please keep those damned rodents off my boat!)
?

Max

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"Maxprop" wrote in message

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There's a crab crusher in our marina that has a
club-footed staysail. The
staysail resides in a boom bag near the tack when not
in
use. The owner
told me once that if he doesn't use his staysail
regularly, tiny birds build
nests in the damn bag. When he raises that sail after
a
hiatus, nest
material and eggs go flying everywhere.


I hoisted my main and saw a mouse nest, complete with a
few
baby mice fly off into the water.

I removed my hat, said a short prayer and went sailing.

What did you pray? ("Lord, please keep those damned
rodents off my boat!)
?

That there were none in my jib.