[SchockT]

The rope luff is more suited to rolling the main. If you want to flake the main on the boom you might want to consider getting a sailmaker to convert it to sliders so that the luff of the sail remains captive on the boom, particularly if you are flaking it by yourself.

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[SchockT]

Once the mainsail luff is attached to the mast with slugs the lazy jacks or a stackpack is the next step to making the mainsail manageable. The stack pack is just a sail bag incorporated into the lazy jack system.. with that you just have to drop the sail, the lazy jacks guide the sail into the bag, and you just tidy the sail a bit and zip it up. When reefing the stack pack contains the loose Sail so there is no need to lash it to the boom.

A stack pack makes classic mainsail handling a breeze.

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[SchockT]

Why do lazy jacks make single handing more difficult?

I don't think anybody said that. (Or did I miss something?)

Lazy jacks for the most part make sail handling easier short handed. I have heard the argument that when hoisting the sail the battens can get fouled on the lazy jacks, but I would suggest that is more of a technique problem than an inherent flaw in the lazy jack system.

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