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Great sail on Saturday
"Alan Gomes" wrote in message
... Capt. JG wrote: wrote in message ... On 6 May 2008 11:10:01 -0500, Dave wrote: On Tue, 06 May 2008 10:57:59 -0400, said: The Sail Cradle (variation on lazy jacks) worked like a charm, and she marveled at what a help it will be when I'm single handing, or we have to strike the main in rough conditions. Just curious why you chose lazy jacks over the Dutchman system. Older sail? Dave T. What I have is a bit different from traditional lazy jacks. Self adjusting, no modifications to the sail or the sail cover, stores alongside the mast except when being used, no marking of the sails or chafing issues. I've seen the Dutchman system on a few boats, and it just didn't impress me. Some people like it, but I'm just not one of them. My main is a fairly new Kappa. The two upper battens are full, but the two lowers are partials. That isn't especially desirable for use with the Dutchman system either. It's a very individual thing dealing with stowing/deploying sails. I find the Dutchman works great, but I always have the impression that the main won't flake properly, even though it does. I got sick of the lazy jack system on a big cat with full battens, mainly because the battens had a tendency to catch, but for less than full battens, I'm sure they would work fine. I know they make lazy jack systems that move the lines out of the way when you raise the sail, but it seemed like yet more stuff to have attached, and I like the clean lines of the Dutchman. One of my constant concerns is someone will damage/break one of the fishing line-like runs.. not that it would affect raising or lowering the sail. I just don't want to have to replace them. The Dutchman certainly isn't a panacea for all issues raising/lowering/flaking sails. One of the best things I like about them is that they'll work significantly off the wind. If I had full battens, I know the lazy jacks wouldn't work. I have a full battened main and use lazy jacks. I keep them stowed at the mast when I'm raising the sail and under sail and only deploy them before I drop the sail. (IOW, they just stay stowed at the mast except when I'm actually dropping the sail, and remain deployed for the short time it takes me to get back to the dock, at which point I stow them back at the mast for next time. It never catches when dropping the sail so I've not had a problem with them. --Alan Gomes Can't imagine they would catch the battens coming down. Our problem was catching the battens going up. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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