THANKS everyone that answered so far!
This was inspired by the kids going sailing when the furling sail was
getting worked on. After the third time we folded up the big 170 they
asked "How the hell would you do this by yourself?" LOL. Done it many a
time, but it is a pain.
The actual prototy
Good to know Don...as usual, read the SI!..
Bill
Bill Walker
On Saturday, March 9, 2019 Don Kern via CnC-List wrote:
Bill
Yup, the Rule 55 does curtail the use of sail stops going into a water.
However, some of the venues (OAs) add to the Sailing Inst the following phrase
"RRS 55 - A com
Bill
Yup, the Rule 55 does curtail the use of sail stops going into a water.
However, some of the venues (OAs) add to the Sailing Inst the following
phrase "RRS 55 - A competitor shall not intentionally put trash in the
water. This rule applies at all times while afloat. The penalty for a
br
Dennis
Do the same on Fireball where we launch Genoas out of a long zip bag
that is secured to the toe rail. We pull the zipper forward to open the
bag and attach the tack and head (led thru the pre-feed and onto the the
twin foil). Pull the zipper back on aft end of bag which is laid between
We all have our preferred way of doing things on our boats. :)
As a racer and long time foredeck, I fold all my headsails with the luff
tape on top of itself. If you do what I call a "cruiser fold" with the
folds parallel to the foot and the head ending up in the middle, you risk
ripping the luf
Don,
Isn't the use of rubber bands on spinnakers, or yarn, or anything that goes
overboard intentionally during a race, banned by Rule 55 of RRS?
That's what I have read and been told.
Bill Walker
C&C 36
Pentwater, Mi
Bill Walker
On Saturday, March 9, 2019 Don Kern via CnC-List wrot
Joe
Like Morgan I race my boat, so we fold the genoas after each race, a
least once per week, maybe two genoas per race. The mainsail is furled
on the boom and covered. The spinnakers are rubber banded and then care
fully stuffed into a spinnaker turtle.
Don
Fireball C&C 35 II
On 3/8/2019
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Morgan Ellis
via CnC-List
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 11:04 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com; Joe Della Barba
Cc: Morgan Ellis
Subject: Re: Stus-List sail folding machine questionnaire
Hi Joe, I answered the survey. A quick
>
> Hi Joe, I answered the survey. A quick comment, your son may want to
> chaange the multiple choise answer options to the question on how often do
> you fold sails on your boat. The most frequent interval he offers is 3+
> time per season. On the race boat we fold sails 3+ times per week!
>
Reg
