[Rhodes22-list] Re move Roller Furling

[cowie]

Mary Lou:

Thanks for your very informative as usual reply.  I do have the CDI and it
looks pretty easy to remove the sail with use of the messenger line without
having to remove the furling equipment.  I agree this is what should be done
with winds in the 60 mph range.  



Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> Depends on your furler.
> 
> If you have a General Boats furler - the sail cannot be removed 
> without lowering the mast. It's one of the reasons we put the boat on 
> the trailer and lowered the mast when Isabel was forecast to wreak havoc.
> 
> If you have a CDI it can be done. I understand it involves a 
> messenger line attached to the internal halyard. Think that might be 
> the red line Elton mentioned. See the manual (it's online at 
> http://www.sailcdi.com/ffmain.htm).
> 
> Schaefer Snap-furl  - it's what we have now. Has an external halyard. 
> It's easy to lower and remove the sail (but there is another exposed 
> halyard to slap around). We flake it then fold it  and put it in a 
> sail bag. If it is temporary, we store it down below. If it's for the 
> season we take it home and store it.
> 
> As far as keeping any furler from unravelling in wind. Wrapping the 
> sheets around a furled genoa won't keep it from unraveling and 
> shredding from the top in a high wind. Ours has come through 60 knot 
> wind gusts with no problem but a 60 knot gust is different than 60 
> knots sustained which has higher gusts. We may have just been lucky. 
> Someone else in the marina had a genoa shredded in the same storm 
> with 60 knot gusts. They had a taller mast and winds are generally 
> stronger higher up but they were also facing a different direction.
> 
> Any time we leave the boat we do make sure the sail is wrapped as 
> tightly as possible. We also tie a line around the sail  and through 
> the clew so we are not relying on the sheets to keep the sail tight. 
> Not sure if that really helps but it allows us to keep the sheets 
> slack so birds don't roost on them.
> 
> Some where there are pictures of our dry run storm prep.
> 
> Here's the start of one thread on storm prep:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2008-September/053687.html
> 
> Here's a link to the post that has links (at the end) to a couple of
> pictures:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2008-September/054961.html
> 
> Best,
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> At 09:12 AM 8/22/2009, you wrote:
> 
>>With summer storms heating up I am curious how Rhodies who do not trailer
and
>>keep their boats in a slip deal with reducing windage.  In particular what
>>to do with the rolling genoa.  Most recomendations are to remove it.  I
>>assume some prefer to add lines wrapped around the sail to prevent it from
>>opening up during high wind conditions.  Is it easy to temporarily remove
>>the genoa without taking down the mast?  What is the proceedure?  What do
>>you do with the genoa after removing it?  I assume you want to keep it
lying
>>flat, lash it to the deck?  I think Elton showed me a red line that is
part
>>of the operation.  I am sure this has been discussed in the past but I
>>couldn't find a good thread in the archives.
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