As the stoic philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, might have said, do what you need to do and let habit make it pleasurable.
As the stoic philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, might have said, do what you need to do and let habit make it pleasurable.
Loose the halyard in the cockpit and have someone go to the mast and pull a loop of the halyard down and hook it around one of your mast cleats. Snug the halyard back up in the cockpit. This will pin the head of the sail down and tight.Question:
I don’t like the head end of the sail flogging until I can get onto the cabin top to pull it the rest of the way down. I know gravity vs friction has a lot to do with it, but has anyone come up with an ingenious solution for this?
I'm unfamiliar with your system, but it sounds like the top of the sail doesn't weigh enough to drop all the way into the bag. Would a light bungy help to bunch up that top portion as it drops? The halyard would stretch it out while sailing. Release the halyard and it would bunch up while it came down.Question:
I have a lazy bag. Its easy to release the halyard from the cockpit.The main drops easily into the bag and is virtually self flaking except for the last 4 or 5 slugs in the mast track. I don’t like the head end of the sail flogging until I can get onto the cabin top to pull it the rest of the way down. I know gravity vs friction has a lot to do with it, but has anyone come up with an ingenious solution for this?
While fixed or one-time tasks (reef tack to horn, etc) are fine to do at the mast, control or adjustable lines should be in the cockpit. Halyards, reefing clews (outhaul) should be adjustable from the safety of the cockpit.It probably is just me, but it seems if you have to send someone out of the cockpit to handle the sail at the mast, then why the expense and mess having the rigging run to the cockpit? Why not simplify and work the sail from the mast?
It probably is me.
Could be the ol' meatloaf story -It probably is just me, but it seems if you have to send someone out of the cockpit to handle the sail at the mast, then why the expense and mess having the rigging run to the cockpit? Why not simplify and work the sail from the mast?
It probably is me.
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See, it would be nice if that would run smoothly, but a fifteen year old kid who has only been on a kayak once in a river at their grandparent's house will probably stagger up there, unhook the halyard, panic when the boat pitches and then let go as they yank down on the other end of the line. Halyard gone. Bye bye, halyard.You turn to one of your perpetually helpful, but completely inexperienced crew and ask if they would go to the mast and hook off the halyard.
Why does a B&R rig, etc. preclude a topping lift?The rig needs a topping lift, so it’s not for such boats as Hunters with B&R rigs
Well, lots of the newer Hunters have that big shamncy metal arch that crosses over the cockpit and works as the traveler, thus supporting the boom even when the main is down. I'm sure you know this though. Sorry, I know I'm replying to everything this warmer weather has me in a canvas mood.Why does a B&R rig, etc. preclude a topping lift?
That alright. We're all "canvassing" here.Sorry, I know I'm replying to everything this warmer weather has me in a canvas mood.