I just saw a really nice lazy jack main sail cover system. photo attached. lazy jack is attached to the main sail cover. It appears that there is a zipper running along the top of the main sail. This 25 is on Detroit Lake in Oregon. Can anyone tell me where such a system can be obtained?
Lazy Jack Main Sail Cover system
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Alan's right, it looks like a Doyle or Mack sails stack pack. Beside the SP consuming a percentage of the lower potion of your sails draft and entire foot, the top battons on the roachy main of a 26/260 sail will drive you into bouts of frustration getting hung on the lines when the main's hoisted in any amount of breeze.
There is a simple way to rig lazy jacks on a 260 that might still be in the knowledge base. retracting them to the mast when the sail cover goes on is the simplest/cheapest way to go. Here's a pic i had from an upgrade I considered but decided against it because I was stepping my mast more than a 5y/o with a jack-in-the-box. Give it a go and let us know how it goes either way.
Hope that helps. M&K
There is a simple way to rig lazy jacks on a 260 that might still be in the knowledge base. retracting them to the mast when the sail cover goes on is the simplest/cheapest way to go. Here's a pic i had from an upgrade I considered but decided against it because I was stepping my mast more than a 5y/o with a jack-in-the-box. Give it a go and let us know how it goes either way.
Hope that helps. M&K
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Looks great, but what are you willing to spend?
These units run about $100.00/ft of boom length. If you have the ability you can get a kit and make one for 50-60% less.
These units run about $100.00/ft of boom length. If you have the ability you can get a kit and make one for 50-60% less.
Our 2003 H356 came with integrated lazy jacks and mainsail cover. This is the "real" main, not the furling main.
Doyle calls theirs a Stack pack, Mack Sails calls theirs a Mack Pack. Sail Rite has a kit they call Sail Pack.
There are a couple of articles in the current issue of "Good Old Boat" (July/August) that talk about designing your own lazy jack systems and making your own lazy-jack mainsail cover based on the stack pack/sail pack model. If you're not familiar with the journal, my Barnes and Noble carries it in its magazine racks or go to www.goodoldboat.com.
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