Hi Bruce, This makes good sense for sure. The problem I have is that the clews on both my headsails are very high off the deck - I have to unfurl partly before I can reach them easily (I am 5'8"). I can just reach the smaller/inner headsail clew, but the genoa is at least 18" above that. When I remove the sheets for cleaning, I tied a single line on the clew, then wrapped it and tied off securely to the foredeck, which I will probably do for the next month or so as I work on the electrical and won't be sailing. I do visit the boat every week or so, and if there is a time when I will be away for longer, I may just remove the sails. -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 7:46 PM bwhitmore <bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Let me go one further - No matter the knots you tie here and there, > nothing will protect the boat from damaged caused by a flogging jib like > tying around the jib itself, especially through the clue with a sail tie. > Furling lines can chafe. They can break. The only way to ensure the jib > from unfurling is to put a safety tie around it. > > I do it every time I tie up to the dock, as it takes only seconds to undo, > and I've witnessed too many destroyed jibs & genoas because they relied > solely on the roller furling line to keep things under control in a blow. > > Just my $.02 worth, > > Bruce Whitmore > C&C 37/40+ > "Astralis" > > > > Sent from Samsung tablet. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Shawn Wright via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Date: 1/8/20 9:33 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Shawn Wright <shawngwri...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Spreader Bracket > > All this talk has my thinking I should double up on my furler lines. I tie > a quick loop knot around the final blocks mounted at the cockpit so I can > just pull the loop to release them. The line is also flaked and hung from > the stern rain, but that's probably not going to save me should the knot > come free. I also do two wraps of the sheets around the furler. I think > I'll add a more secure knot at the final block to be safe. > > -- > Shawn Wright > shawngwri...@gmail.com > S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 > https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 5:34 PM Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Tom: >> >> I don’t know the vintage of your 36, but I’ll bet it’s close to my >> previous 34. They were similar boats. >> >> One morning, I got a call from the dockmaster where I kept my 34. >> The boat reportedly tried to sail out of the slip by itself in a heavy >> breeze. I later discovered that my then-young children had un-cleated the >> roller furler line while playing with the winch. The sail unfurled in the >> breeze, and at some point the genny sheet wrapped around a lower shroud and >> ripped it out of the mast. I had to replace the shroud (rod rigging) and >> also have the mast repaired (welded) just below the spreader bracket. Your >> issue is obviously different, but in my case South Shore Yachts was very >> helpful. They also had a direct replacement for a gooseneck fitting that >> broke. I suggest calling them. >> >> Robert MacLachlan >> South Shore Yachts >> 905-468-4340 office >> 905-658-8454 cell >> >> P.S. Much more careful about securing the roller furler when I leave the >> boat these days. >> >> *From:* Tom Alessi via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 08, 2020 4:45 PM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Cc:* Tom Alessi <tagraph...@optonline.net> >> *Subject:* Stus-List Spreader Bracket >> >> >> Went to check up on my boat the other day and found that my lower port >> spreader bracket had been pulled off the mast, but still attached to >> spreader. Seems a nearby sailboat owner had not removed the jib and it >> came unfurled during a storm and caught hold of the spreader boot. I can >> only imagine it violently shaking my spreader and rig. With the bracket >> partially off I can see a hole in the mast. >> >> - Is that some kind of access opening behind the bracket? Or is it worse >> than that? I'm buried in the yard and the mast won't be down till spring. >> >> -If the bracket or spreader is destroyed, does anyone know of a source >> for replacements? >> >> - Boat owner or Boatyard responsible? >> >> Appreciate any info. >> >> >> >> Tom Alessi >> Andiamo C&C 36 >> 646-283-1580 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >>
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