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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 10/24/2003 :  11:58:21  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dlucier</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I hanked on the 110 tonight and sailed in light winds...It was terrific! The boat is much faster and points a whole lot higher like 20 degrees off the wind instead of 40!...I can't wait to try the 135 laminate...Other than dropping the sail in the drink when I doused it the first time it was not really that much more work. Perhaps an extra 10 to 15 minutes...

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That's what I said when I went from hanked on to roller furling!


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Ah youth... scrambling forward in a seaway, dousing, changing, and hoisting headsails, flaking, bagging, hauling below,...

Me--I'll take the "window shade" approach from now on. If only the main rolled into the boom...
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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 10/24/2003 :  12:22:53  Show Profile

I'm with the hankers... until I can't do it anymore.
Thats part of the fun/challenge of sailing to me. Push button sailing just doesn't appeal to me. Not to put down those who find it necessary or preferable to use such devices cause I know someday I will need them also, but until then want everything as "manual" as I can have it.
I like the idea of leaving the sheets run and just changing sails but I'm not crazy about having those shackles flailing about while I'm up trying to change sails in a heavy wind. Plus any damage they could incure while in use, though it sure would cut down on the time it takes to change out the sail.

CVick
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/24/2003 :  12:57:02  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JimB517</i>
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Other than dropping the sail in the drink when I doused it the first time it was not really that much more work. Perhaps an extra 10 to 15 minutes.
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A little tension on the weather sheet to hold the clew to weather and the sail will stay dry. Another reason I like my permenant sheets is that I never worry about bagging wet sheets.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/25/2003 :  21:20:49  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
My son and I sat and practiced knots last night, I still like my snap shackle but at least now I remember why the bunny goes down the hole
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 10/25/2003 :  21:59:56  Show Profile
I've been lashed by a flailing clew without a shackle on it, and I wouldn't want to think about how dangerous it could have been with a shackle. I also wouldn't want to have one hitting or snagging on my shrouds. The cow hitch I use (a loop through the clew and both sheet ends through the loop) can snag if I backwind the genny to tack in light air, but at least it isn't much of a weapon. On the other hand, it's not much good for sail changers--I have a furler.
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frog0911
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Response Posted - 10/25/2003 :  23:52:07  Show Profile
I'm with you Dave, I used the same Cow Hitch on all my sails for Penny. The difference is each sail had its own sheet so when changing in a race it was just one down one up.
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