Re: roller furling

Kent Crispin (kent@songbird.com)
Tue, 11 May 1999 11:40:59 -0700


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On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 02:31:18PM -0400, Rick Snide wrote:
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> After you raise and pin the mast, you pin the furler at the bow. You then
> attach the jib or Genoa by first unwinding just enough line to reach the
> cockpit, then hauling the genny up by sliding it into the groove on the
> furler and tying off that halyard.

What do you tie the halyard to? Where do you stow the loose line from
the halyard? How do you keep the halyard from fouling when you furl
and unfurl the sail?

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