Bunt stowing
My mainsail has been stowed using the "fold it into the bunt" method for a number of years, and it is still serviceable. Last year I won my class in the Dauphin Island Race with it. Many people flake the sail over the boom, but this has the disadvantage of the sail falling or blowing off in a heap just before the gaskets go on. In be bunt method you throw all the sail over one side of the boom. (I prefer the port side since I am right-handed.) Then pull about two feet of the sail back over the boom, and let it droop a little. This forms the bunt. Then reach over the boom and pull another two feet or so back, and let it fall into the bunt. Continue until most of the sail is stacked in the bunt. Then roll the bunt up until is sits on top of the boom, with the majority of the sail inside the roll. Finally, apply the gaskets. The method really works fine because the sail remains under complete control during the whole operation. Also, there is NO additional windage as with the other three methods using lazy jacks or their equivalent.
