hey Tom, ya know...you might want to try to save that crispiness! You
might want to try this (unless you singlehand mostly, in which case it
would be
difficult):
We never fold any of our sails on the J24 we race and we always roll the
main on the J35. They're small sails (frac rig genoa) and main on a 24,
but the
35 main is a bear and usually takes 2-3 people to roll it in any sort of
a breeze.
we have two basic techniques:
- start rolling the main from the middle over the boom (like the second
draft stripe)--roll it up tight and lay it on boom, lash with sail ties.
- take genoa to dock and roll parallel to foot starting at the foot (it
then goes in a long bag, but sometimes we just lash it with ties and
take it below sans sac)
if the sail is going below, it doesnt even need a bag...just tie it up.
the best thing about rolling the main from the middle is it'll go back up
just the way it is rolled.
This will keep your expensive rags crispy a lot longer than
flaking/folding...although
they will take up a bit more room below.
just a thought.
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