I had a set of lazy jacks on my past C&C 24 and the only time the top of the
main sail got snagged when raising the sail was when I was trying doing it in
somewhat stiffer wind and not directly head to wind (which you are not supposed
to do in the first place). With any cross wind the head of the main obviously
goes off centre, but even worse, the lazy jacks are blown over the centre line
and try finding the head of the main to snag it.
If you are head to wind, no issues.
Granted, on a 24 I was dealing with shorter mast and smaller main, but I cannot
imagine that the mechanics of the lazy jacks on a bigger boat would be that
different.
Marek (in Ottawa)
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