06-08-2011
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Getting an Asymetrical Sail Through a Deck Hatch Without a Sally
My first boat had an a-sail and a squeezer; I used it about 3 times and pitched the sqeezer. Too slow and not needed.
My second boat did not have one. It did have a nice bag that fit in a bow hatch and I generally launched straight from the hatch, though sometimes we put the bag on-deck.
My current boat (PDQ 32) has a squeezer. It works fine but is occasionally prone to getting the lines wrapped around the squeezer, which is a big pain. I use the sqeezer because although the sail did come with a proper launching bag, the bag won' fit through the hatch into the sail locker, and there is no interior passage to the locker (it is accessible only through the deck hatch (~ 18" x 18"). I would prefer to launch from a bag.
Any ideas regarding getting the chute into the locker, other than using the squeezer? A source for a long skinny launching bag, or perhaps this is DIY time?
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"Well, I just climb up to them."
by Joe Brown, English rock climber
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