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C25Guy
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Initially Posted - 08/04/2009 : 15:42:24

Well my boating season is over for a while as the lake I sail on is too low to launch the boat and it could be down for a few months. The boat sits outside on a trailer.

I have a CDI furler and was wondering which would be better for my pocketbook in the long run: leaving the sail with its UV protector furled on the boat or removing the sail and leaving the plastic furler out to bake in the sun. Perhaps the conclusion will be it doesn't matter...?

Discuss?

Alan
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 08/04/2009 : 15:47:11

Buy a 30-35'long x 20' wide tarp and cover the whole thing up. It will help keep your deck clean and protect the wood trim. (edit: I should have prefaced this with: If the mast is down...)
If your mast is up, I would remove the sail, fold it, and stow it someplace dry so it won't mildew.

Edited by - dmpilc on 08/04/2009 19:24:16

jerlim
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Response Posted - 08/04/2009 : 17:46:43

Excellent question...haven't thought about it much...we leave the mast and furling up for the off season - never considered if that's a bad thing for the plastic

Edited by - jerlim on 08/04/2009 17:47:14

GaryB
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Response Posted - 08/04/2009 : 17:47:04

You could send your furler down to me and I'll keep it exercised! There's always water in the bay.

Is the mast up? If it is, I'd remove the sail from the furler. I'd assume the plastic foils would be cheaper to replace than the sail.

If the mast is down I'd remove the whole thing from the boat. Remove the sail from the furler and store the furler on the North side of the house under some sort of cover to protect it as much as possible from the sun. Store the sail in the house.

Edited by - GaryB on 08/04/2009 17:52:13

Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 08/04/2009 : 20:42:56

Tough to see in the photo but the furler drum sticks out from the tarp. The drum is covered in a yard bag.

Edited by - Nautiduck on 08/04/2009 20:44:34

Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 08/05/2009 : 07:45:24

That extrusion can take years of being in the sun. If you remove it, and don't have somewhere to lay it flat, it will reshape itself to whatever bend you put in it. Better to stow the sail and leave the extrusion on the forestay.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 08/05/2009 : 08:53:39

I would take the time to fold the sail, but thats just me. I don't have furling, so for me I fold and stow every time I go sailing. Its a 10 minute item, hardly worth getting excited about.

Unless you have a furler like the guy in the slip next to me where it takes close to an hour everytime he tries to bend on a sail...

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Response Posted - 08/05/2009 : 11:27:25

Be very careful to not fold the luff tape bead, it will crease at the folds. Folding a furling sail is different than folding other sails. You fold TO the leech rather than folding To the luff like a regular sail. That leaves the luff tape in an S shape rather than folded on top of itself, then you roll the bundle up rather than fold to a package shape; that is why the sail bag is SO big. If you are not using the boat you could also roll the sail and leave it below. If you roll it you do roll at the luff.

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C25Guy
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Response Posted - 08/05/2009 : 21:03:25

Good discussion. I did fail to mention that I am leaving the mast up and have no particularly good place to leave the extrusion other than on the forestay.

I'm thinking the sail will be coming off sometime soon. Watch me go to the effort to take it off and then store it away somewhere that results in it being covered in mildew when I bring it out...

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jbkayaker
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Response Posted - 08/07/2009 : 13:27:17

You could use a headsail cover like mine from:
http://www.leesailcovers.com/

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