btw. it is enough to move “away” (to the mast) only one side of the lazy jacks for hoisting the main. If you move the starboard side, you steer a bit off the wind (wind from the port bow) and the sail does not touch them.
Marek From: Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 15:10 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Kevin Driscoll Subject: Re: Stus-List Short handed sailing; sail selection I concur with Marek. I have a stack pack and would personally prefer a simple set of lazyjacks and a traditional mainsail cover. On the 42' boat I race on, we keep the lazy jacks "away" forward by the goose neck. Therefore, when raising the main they do not get in the way of the battens. Before dropping, we deploy the lazy jacks "Up" drop the main, and deal with flaking and sail ties back at the dock. The lazy jacks are put "away" again before we put the sail cover on. I follow roughly the same procedure on our boat with our stack pack. I personally never understood people trying to raise their batten'd main with the stack pack or lazy jacks deployed. 2 out of 3 times you are going to catch at least one batten and potentially damage your main or at least cause unnecessary chafe/wear. It is possible to set up lazy jacks with bungee and lines led to the cockpit for those with reduced mobility or the lazy among us. I wouldn't find it necessary unless I were hoisting and dousing the main multiple times in a day, say as in a charter situation where you were taking people out every few hours. Two cents. Kevin PDX
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