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Lazy Jack vs Dutchman Sail Flaking System
One of our club members bought a 36-foot sailboat equipped with a Dutchman
system last year. His comment after one season is that he could use a downhaul to get the main down. The main does not come down as easy and flaking as advised. It could be that the Dutchman system is not properly installed or fully tuned up yet. Nonetheless, it gave me food for thought. "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:42:44 GMT, wrote: I wonder what Beneteau means by Semi Full Battens mainsail with Lazy Jacks. Why semi full batten? Does it help the battens from catching on the Lazy Jacks? When reading Jon's opinions, bear in mind that he has a close friend on the payroll of the Dutchman, and Jon gets his Dutchman products at a reduced price. Of course he thinks they are superior! CWM |
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Lazy Jack vs Dutchman Sail Flaking System
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One of our club members bought a 36-foot sailboat equipped with a Dutchman system last year. His comment after one season is that he could use a downhaul to get the main down. The main does not come down as easy and flaking as advised. It could be that the Dutchman system is not properly installed or fully tuned up yet. Nonetheless, it gave me food for thought. For the Dutchman to work properly you have to have the vertical parts properly lined with the holes in the sail, the grommets big enough and the rope smooth and the lenght of the chord you splice the vertical parts must be such that when you ease the hallyard the weight of the boom will make everything reasonably tight, not too tight. Then you hope that the gravity will not fail you. :-). Many conditions. If not properly set up, the gravity is not enough to pull the sail down. - Lauri Tarkkonen "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:42:44 GMT, wrote: I wonder what Beneteau means by Semi Full Battens mainsail with Lazy Jacks. Why semi full batten? Does it help the battens from catching on the Lazy Jacks? When reading Jon's opinions, bear in mind that he has a close friend on the payroll of the Dutchman, and Jon gets his Dutchman products at a reduced price. Of course he thinks they are superior! CWM |
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Lazy Jack vs Dutchman Sail Flaking System
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Lauri Tarkkonen wrote: In writes: One of our club members bought a 36-foot sailboat equipped with a Dutchman system last year. His comment after one season is that he could use a downhaul to get the main down. The main does not come down as easy and flaking as advised. It could be that the Dutchman system is not properly installed or fully tuned up yet. Nonetheless, it gave me food for thought. For the Dutchman to work properly you have to have the vertical parts properly lined with the holes in the sail, the grommets big enough and the rope smooth and the lenght of the chord you splice the vertical parts must be such that when you ease the hallyard the weight of the boom will make everything reasonably tight, not too tight. Then you hope that the gravity will not fail you. :-). Many conditions. If not properly set up, the gravity is not enough to pull the sail down. - Lauri Tarkkonen Lauri, you're right... since I'm up at the mast when I drop the sail, I do occasionally have to give the luff a yank or two to get it going. And, I do usually have to give a flake a reset shake to get it "in the grove." FYI, the Charlie Morgan sockpuppet is a liar. I bought mine through Quantum out here. "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message When reading Jon's opinions, bear in mind that he has a close friend on the payroll of the Dutchman, and Jon gets his Dutchman products at a reduced price. Of course he thinks they are superior! -- Capt. JG @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Lazy Jack vs Dutchman Sail Flaking System
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... One of our club members bought a 36-foot sailboat equipped with a Dutchman system last year. His comment after one season is that he could use a downhaul to get the main down. The main does not come down as easy and flaking as advised. It could be that the Dutchman system is not properly installed or fully tuned up yet. Nonetheless, it gave me food for thought. There's a good chance it's not set up properly as far as the flaking goes. Come down is probably some other issue. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Lazy Jack vs Dutchman Sail Flaking System
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wrote: One of our club members bought a 36-foot sailboat equipped with a Dutchman system last year. His comment after one season is that he could use a downhaul to get the main down. The main does not come down as easy and flaking as advised. It could be that the Dutchman system is not properly installed or fully tuned up yet. Nonetheless, it gave me food for thought. "Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:42:44 GMT, wrote: I wonder what Beneteau means by Semi Full Battens mainsail with Lazy Jacks. Why semi full batten? Does it help the battens from catching on the Lazy Jacks? When reading Jon's opinions, bear in mind that he has a close friend on the payroll of the Dutchman, and Jon gets his Dutchman products at a reduced price. Of course he thinks they are superior! CWM I would want to know what he has attaching the main to the mast. I have some fancy Harken system that is smoother than a baby's b-tt. If there is resistance along the luff, the dutchman cannot help. harlan -- To respond, obviously drop the "nospan"? |
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