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Originally Posted by SEMIJim
...Our boat came with a raft of sails, too. But it has a Tuff Luff system instead of a roller furler. .... (One problem will be packing-away the foresail taken down while on the boat! Not sure how that's going to work out.) |
Jim
The trick to packing the "old" sail with a foil is to raise the new sail in the spare (windward) groove, then tack and sheet in the new sail. (you have already relocated that
jib lead as req'd) This puts the "old" sail laying up against and inside the new one Then you drop the old sail down inside the newly set sail. If you have
autopilot (or a third crew), then you and your mate can slowly lower and flake the old sail by sliding it down the new sail that is doing the work. It's then a simple job to roll the flaked sail and bag it.
If the sail comes in a sausage bag, then you can lay it out first and drop/flake the sail right into the bag, zip it up and you're done.
The major problem with foils and short handed crew is that since there are no hanks to keep the sail on deck, it's more likely that some of the sail ends up in the drink, especially when things get windy.