"HardCourt" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I thought this deserved another thread, even though the "headsail
furler" is surprisingly civil so far.

We all know (I hope) about giving the furled sail a couple of extra
wraps with the jib sheets, but do you go further? I seem to recall
someone (more than one) tying off the sail with an extra line, but I
wondered at the time how one gets up high enough to make that
effective.

I use a shackle on the drum of my Schaefer. Anyone else?

I do not see the problem. Like you, I give the sail a couple of extra
wraps of the sheets when it is fully rolled and then make the furling
line fast onto a cleat which is there for that purpose.
Why do you think you need to do more?



Well, basically, if the line should come off the cleat, then the sail
will


Well, if you can't secure a line on a cleat any better than that......

Well, did you not read the rest of my post or did you just ignore it?

"I've had this come up twice. Once was a
customer going back to the boat to get something he forgot and doing me a
"favor" because the jib sheet on that side was rubbing on the dodger and he
took off both lines from the same cleat. The other was a dock worker, who I
believe was checking shore power hookups to make sure they were secure (we
had a near miss boat fire - someone not using a locking ring on the shore
power connection)."

How do you tie up your boat at the dock? Do you use shackles and
thimbles, aka Boobspit?

What's that got to do with furlers?

In any case, unfortunately, they don't allow regular cleats on our docks.
So, yes, I have to use the rings.

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