At that point, they should commit and act like they meant to do that. They were just experimenting. "So, mind you're own damn business!
"- Will (Dragonfly)
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"- Will (Dragonfly)
Apex, I love your answer and did that very same with sails to include mainsail after a drenching so to dry the sails out. Only the comments that I heard.
Their sail, their choice.... having the sail rub like this agains the stay and the spreader pushing through? If drying the sail this way is a common practice, I am glad my boat is fractional rig. But what do I know....
Oh heck I've done that.
First time out on first boat I owned. Sails was in a bag, I hanked in on and up it went. Immediately realized that it did not look right. Tried to get it down as fast as possible and hoped no one saw it.
Mistake was thinking that when the sail was put in the bag it was done so that it could be launched right from the bag with the top of the sail at the top of the bag. WRONG !
I have hank on headsails. I like to bag them with the tack at the top so I can securely attach the sail to the boat before removing the bag.
Does hoisting a sail upside down help to dry it? I've always put them upside right when drying. Maybe I just don't want to face the abuse of comments from hoisting upside down
That's exactly what I was thinking but I didn't want to look "topsy turvy" to people.I have hank on headsails. I like to bag them with the tack at the top so I can securely attach the sail to the boat before removing the bag.
Does hoisting a sail upside down help to dry it? I've always put them upside right when drying. Maybe I just don't want to face the abuse of comments from hoisting upside down
- Will (Dragonfly)
i have dried sails upside down that way at a dock.the logic i used was that it kept the clew and wider area of the sail well away from the dock posts, cleats, etc. at least thats what i thought i was doing
