Yeah, I singlehand about half the time. What I do with my old mylar headsails to preserve them is lay it out on the dock and fold in half, luff to leach, such that I put the crease in a different place each time, then roll from the head to the foot. Tried to do that w/this new sail, and it's so slick it just keeps sliding around. With two people, one can hold it while the other rolls. With one person, I can't imagine how it will work. So I guess I don't use it when by myself till it softens up.
Tom tim ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [email protected] 06/18/2007 11:17 AM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: catalina27-talk: question on sailcloth 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. tf
