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Old 05-11-2008
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I, like TJK suggests, usually put a sail tie around the genoa if I'm leaving the boat for a while. I also generally have four wraps of the genny sheets around the furled genny... so it is very, very unlikely that my genny will unwrap in a storm. The genny sheets are cleated off in the cockpit, and the sail tie goes through the clew of the genny and around the sail three or four times as well.
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