EZ JAKS (lazy jacks)
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Nice product - but expensive.
You can make your own for a fraction of the cost.
Lots of available information is available on doing it yourself.
You can make your own for a fraction of the cost.
Lots of available information is available on doing it yourself.
Home made
I made my own out of bungee cords and they also fold away to the mast,were very easy to use and worked so well folded away at the mast when raising the main and than unfold when needed to lowering the main,folded away also when putting the sail cover on,it was a great system and loved it.
I now have newer boat with furling main and my other computer is down with all my info on the system but I am sure some one else also has it.
Maybe you can return the system you ordered.
Nick
I made my own out of bungee cords and they also fold away to the mast,were very easy to use and worked so well folded away at the mast when raising the main and than unfold when needed to lowering the main,folded away also when putting the sail cover on,it was a great system and loved it.
I now have newer boat with furling main and my other computer is down with all my info on the system but I am sure some one else also has it.
Maybe you can return the system you ordered.
Nick
Re: Home made
I am also looking into designing Lazy Jacks for my boat, because I couldn't justify the high price of the new ones. I was thinking of making one that I can store when raising the sail as Seadaddler said. I'll appreciate if someone can provide info on such a system. I don't want to recreate the wheel.
Thanks
Salty
I am also looking into designing Lazy Jacks for my boat, because I couldn't justify the high price of the new ones. I was thinking of making one that I can store when raising the sail as Seadaddler said. I'll appreciate if someone can provide info on such a system. I don't want to recreate the wheel.
Thanks
Salty
Why not do a search in the Archives here?
There are lots of links and ideas on lazy jacks that have been around for years.
There are lots of links and ideas on lazy jacks that have been around for years.
Please explain how you secured them to the mast.
My current set, though adjustable for tension, cannot be rigged out of the way, and I can see that sailing and hoisting, it would often be better if they could. It would be simple for me to add a simgle clam cleat or similar to make them adjustable. That I understand and have played with. But what is the simplest way to secure them to the mast?
Archives
Hey guys look in the archives under Lazy jacks or Folding lazy jacks,my old computer is still acting up and can't locate the info for folding lazy jacks.
If I remember I both some cheap line and it was trial and error making them but did get them set up to work great.
Nick
Hey guys look in the archives under Lazy jacks or Folding lazy jacks,my old computer is still acting up and can't locate the info for folding lazy jacks.
If I remember I both some cheap line and it was trial and error making them but did get them set up to work great.
Nick
Here is a link to the Harken Lazy Jack detailed manual. Great guide to make it yourself.
http://sbo.sailboatowners.com/images/kb/pdf/1063.pdf
http://sbo.sailboatowners.com/images/kb/pdf/1063.pdf
Here's another link showing how to make them.
Go to the "do it yourself" posting. http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/index.htm
Go to the "do it yourself" posting. http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/index.htm
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More folding which I used some cheap line when I first was setting up on my 290,it was trial and error until it worked very well.
Nick
More folding which I used some cheap line when I first was setting up on my 290,it was trial and error until it worked very well.
Nick
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Nice!
I need to adopt something like this. My boat has a basic set of jacks set up by the PO, but it sure would be nice to adapt them to a set-up like yours.
John...
EZ-Jaks were installed on the boom by a previous owner when I bought the boat. I have set up the multi-line type as illustrated in other posts on my previous boat. Comparitively, EZ-Jaks do not capture the mainsail the way line-types do, but they do work to keep the sail off the deck if pointed directly into the wind when the main is dropped. Two quickly applied sail ties and the mess is up out of the way until you can flake it out properly. They do make that process a bit easier.
When they're folded flat they are covered by the mailsail cover and out of the way. One needs to be careful though when they are extended or you'll get stabbed or poked by them inadvertantly.
If they were not on the boom when I bought the boat, I would have rigged a multi-line system like the previous illustrations show.
EZ-Jaks were installed on the boom by a previous owner when I bought the boat. I have set up the multi-line type as illustrated in other posts on my previous boat. Comparitively, EZ-Jaks do not capture the mainsail the way line-types do, but they do work to keep the sail off the deck if pointed directly into the wind when the main is dropped. Two quickly applied sail ties and the mess is up out of the way until you can flake it out properly. They do make that process a bit easier.
When they're folded flat they are covered by the mailsail cover and out of the way. One needs to be careful though when they are extended or you'll get stabbed or poked by them inadvertantly.
If they were not on the boom when I bought the boat, I would have rigged a multi-line system like the previous illustrations show.
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