[Public-list] lazy jacks

[Gordon Laco]

Oh OK - I will accept the thanks... But maybe I should wait to see if it
works for anybody else...




> Perhaps so.......but what we CAN thank you for,  is keeping the old skills
> alive by passing them around and maybe a few of us will learn that some times
> the "low tech" ways work just fine.
> 
> Cheers,    Rod
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gordon Laco
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] lazy jacks
> 
> 
> Don't thank me - the sea furl is likely centuries old!
> 
> Longer reef points won't help furling the mainsail because they will be
> inside the furled bundle.  The tail of the vang is perfect.
> 
> Cheers - Gord
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> HI Gord, 
>> 
>> Great idea!  Can't wait to try it.
>> 
>> Have you tried putting longish tie downs at the forward end of 1st reef
>> points
>> and use those to tie off the bundle of sail round the boom?
>> 
>> Glenn
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: edward schroeder <eddiediver at sbcglobal.net>
>>> 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 <mainstay at csolve.net> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Does anybody reading this list use lazy jacks? Any discussion for or
>>>> against?
>>>> 
>>>> The only real downside I can see is windage. I think I have a pretty good
>>>> plan for installing a system which will be deployed only when lowering the
>>>> sail, so it should not cause chafe on the sail, get snagged during gybes or
>>>> raising the sail, require modification to the cover, or present excessive
>>>> windage (it will normally store next to the mast on reef hooks at the
>>>> gooseneck while sailing).
>>>> 
>>>> Lowering the sail and keeping it captive on the boom for flaking is a
>>>> pretty
>>>> big problem for me while sailing shorthanded and it appears that using lazy
>>>> jacks would be a relatively inexpensive and simple way to alleviate the
>>>> difficulty of doing this with only 2 people on board.
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> J Bergquist
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