[Public-list] lazy jacks

[Gordon Laco]

My reef lines are the same as yours.  The sail falls into the trough created
by the loose gathering in of the clew by the clew reef line, and the mast
end of the reef held in your hand.  If you hold your hand slightly away from
your body you will end up with a nice trough of sailcloth wider at your
(mast) end than at the outboard end.  The trough is uniformly wide if you
have a man standing in the cockpit holding that end away from the boom a
couple of feet or so.

I will send the photos to George after racing tonight.

Gord









> Gord; It sounds to me that your reef lines are coming from a spot higher than
> the boom, like a topping lift, is that correct. On Emotional Rescue, the reef
> line bitter end is secured to the boom aft end, goes vertical to reef cringle
> clew, down to turning block on aft end of boom and then forward along boom.
> What would one lay the furling sail "into"? Ed. Schroeder
> 
> Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:  Ok - here goes;
> 
> What I am describing is called by sailors a 'sea furl' because it is a good
> way to stow the mainsail quickly at sea and in bad weather without using the
> whole crew to gather it up and tie in the gaskets.
> 
> To do this you would go up to the mast and ease the main halyard enough that
> the first reef tack comes down to the boom. Snub the halyard, and haul in
> the first reef line...which will pull the first reef clew almost to the
> boom. Tie it off. Hold the first reef tack in one hand while easing the
> halyard again with the other. If you hold that tack in your left hand, and
> control the halyard with your right, you will basically be lowering the sail
> into the trough created by the first reef tack and clew. Once you have the
> main mostly or all down, tie off the halyard and roll the sail up tightly
> onto the boom. I always tie the first gasket with the tail of the boom vang
> (because it is always there) work your way back to the cockpit tying on
> another two gaskets and you will end up with the mainsail rolled onto the
> boom with a 'skin' of smooth sailcloth on top. You then cast off the reef
> line so you are not surprised by it when next you raise the main.
> 
> The whole thing looks neat and tidy, easy as pie once you do it a couple of
> times.
> 
> When you have two people on board, the person who stays in the cockpit
> steering controls the tiller (or wheel as in our case) with a foot while
> holding the first reef clew while the mast man holds the first reef tack.
> The main dumps into the trough as before and the sail then gets rolled into
> a tight bundle on top of the boom.
> 
> Hope that helps. I sent someone a series of diagrams a year or so ago... If
> you'd like them I can offer them again.
> 
> Cheers - Gord
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Gord; as an architect, I thought I had a good mind for visualizing
>> descriptions. I have no idea what you are describing but sure am interested.
>> Ed. Schroeder #303
>> 
>> Gordon Laco wrote: Oh here I go again...
>> 
>> I don't see any use for lazy jacks. If you use your first reef to hold the
>> after end of the sail, and hold the first reef tack in your hand, you will
>> have a trough that the sail will fall into as it comes down. If folds of it
>> fall out, you make a tossing motion with the hand holding the tack and the
>> sail with fall back in.
>> 
>> Easy as pie even with one person.
>> 
>> Cheers - Gord #426
>> 
>> 
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