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Originally Posted by dougyoung
I read an article about this. Reef the main and sail in circles, the same directions you want it to roll up. You may get dizzy, but I garuntee you will know how to tack and jibe by the time your're done. I would also replace the sheets with a shorter line to tie up when you are done.
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Interesting thought but you need to fix the problem at some point. If you roll it up by sailing in circles you increase the chance of something else going wrong when the sail is half way in and now you can’t drop the sail. Also you need to unroll and drop the sail to make a permanent fix later so why take the chance of having the sail rolled up and being unable to spin the boat in her slip to drop it. I think the best thing is drop the sail as soon as you realize you have a problem. Don’t get caught using wishful thinking.
All the best,
Robert Gainer
Edit
I caught the part about the sail being fully out and missed the part about having two rolls already in. I would unroll those two rolls and then drop the sail. Trying to get more rolls in is just asking for trouble in my humble opinion. Turing the boat twice to unroll the sail and getting into a position to drop it is reasonable.