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Al
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Initially Posted - 10/02/2003 :  00:39:24  Show Profile
Does anybody have any experience with the E-Z-Jax <http://www.ezjax.com/index.html> system? I like the fact that it retracts when not in use. It's not cheap ($270) but by the time you built something yourself...I dunno-any opinions or (retractable) alternatives?
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Al Maniccia
SeaWolf C250WK #698
Marina Del Rey, CA
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Dkn420
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Response Posted - 10/02/2003 :  01:16:49  Show Profile
You might want to look at the Schaefer Lazy Jack system...you don't have to alter your sailcover to use it and it is retractable also and might be a little less expensive?

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/07/2003 :  09:52:20  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Just a thought... I question whether a main as small as that found on a 25' boat is really the target market of the inventors of lazy jacks. Of course the marketers have driven the product into opportunistic markets to improve their ROI. Personally I have always simply opened my companionway and let the sail drop and be held by that which falls into the cabin. But, is there an opportunity to integrate our toping lift and a single bungee to the boom vang bale to create a leeward lazy jack of sorts that would cost only a couple of dollars an serve the purpose of cradling the sail until it is convenient to flake it for storage?
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Loosening the TL to improve the shape of this rig could work if a person had a boomkin. Is there a bungee wizard in the group?<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 10/07/2003 :  17:27:28  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
I do love bungee... and have been known to spout that off many times in the past.... but I've also chosen to keep things simpler... and do sail management from on top of the cabin top. That does not mean however that I enjoy going forward with sail ties clenched in teeth and unable to communicate. So, installed is ... you guessed it... bungee (I love bungee!) to the port side of the boom to provide self storing sail ties. They work great.


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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/07/2003 :  20:35:14  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Arlyn,

How do you steer the trailer?<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>


Oscar
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zebra50
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Response Posted - 10/08/2003 :  20:28:46  Show Profile
I also used the Schaefer system-@ $209.00 from West Marine. Mainly for the storing ability and not having to alter the sail cover. The only problem I had was that the eye straps that they supplied caused the line to bind. I have replaced them with 3 full circle type eye straps RF1058 #120733 from West Marine @ $4.99 ea. (pg 897 of catalog). One for each side of boom and one on bottom of boom. They work great and so does the Lazy Jack.

Jay
Papa's Boat II
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Al
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 :  14:17:34  Show Profile
Jay,

Does the Schaefer system retract out of the way when the main's up, also? That's what I liked about the E-Z Jax, it's <i>always</i> stowed--underway or in the slip--until you deploy it.

Al Maniccia
SeaWolf C250WK #698
Marina Del Rey, CA
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zebra50
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 :  15:27:00  Show Profile
yes the Schaefer can retract back to a hook that is supplied with system and mounted at the aft end of the boom. I keep my stowed while in the slip, and ties around the sail/boom. Before getting underway I let it out and undo the ties, makes for an easy raising of sail. It stays open until I drop sail, retie, and then stow it again so the sail cover can go back on without any problem.

Jay
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Al
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 :  17:10:54  Show Profile
thanks for the info, jay. Now it officially goes to my "To Do" list!

Al Maniccia
SeaWolf C250WK #698
Marina Del Rey, CA
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Robert
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Response Posted - 10/09/2003 :  22:59:13  Show Profile
I use the Ezjax system on my 250 and I like them. I had my own design on my Islander 28 and I had a Dutchman system on my H35.5. The Dutchman system was fine in the beginning but the cat gut on which the sails would slide would cut the sails when they got dirty. The plastic eyes that were in the sails would not stand up under the bay winds. Finally, I designed my own deployable system that was very similar to the ezyjax system and it worked fine. I have had an ezyjax system on my C250 and they are fantastic.

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