[Rhodes22-list] Sail removal

[Chris Cowie]

Sounds like I should keep it simple and just leave the sails and  
rigging in place.  I had planes to leave the batteries on board since  
I have the solar panels.  Do you think I should remove the batteries?

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On Nov 21, 2009, at 8:33 PM, "BenCittadino" <bencittadino at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>
> Chris;
>
> For what it's worth I agree with Rick. I'm  a lot further north than  
> you and
> I leave the mast up and sails in place while the boat is up on the
> jack-stands at the marina. We pull the batteries, strip the interior,
> winterize the potable and waste water tanks and take the engine off  
> and
> store it inside. Art fabricated a
> winter cover for it, but to be honest I had that shipped to the marina
> directly and the crew there is putting it on the boat. I live an  
> hour or so
> from the marina (Princeton to Sea Bright-Highlands area) so I  
> haven't seen
> it with the cover on yet. I'll get some pics in case anybody wants  
> to see
> the cover.
>
> I know the main is protected inside the mast, and I just furl the  
> Genny as
> tight as I can and put shock cords around everything (with some cloth
> between the cord and the sails to protect it a little) so the winter  
> winds
> don't unfurl anything.
>
> I only got my boat last summer but she wintered over just fine.
>
> Good luck,
>
> BenCittadino
> s/v Susan Kay
>
> Rick-139 wrote:
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> I presume you're referring to the stock GBI furler.  If so,  
>> lowering the
>> mast is the only way you can remove the genoa.  IMHO, there is no  
>> need to
>> remove either the genny or the main over the winter, especially if  
>> you're
>> going to cover the boat anyway.  You can remove the sails for  
>> cleaning
>> when
>> they need repaired, which should be years between events.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am getting ready to put my boat to bed for the winter and plan to
>>> remove
>>> the sails for cleaning and storage.  My boat is in a slip and will  
>>> be put
>>> on
>>> jack stands in the boat yard for the winter in a few weeks.  I  
>>> plan to
>>> take
>>> the mast down and leave it in the mast crutch to stretch a canvas  
>>> cover
>>> over.  Is it best practice to remove the furling genoa (175) while  
>>> the
>>> rigging is up or is it best to remove after the mast is lowered?   
>>> Does
>>> the
>>> sail help protect the metal slide that the genoa goes thru while  
>>> it is
>>> being
>>> lowered with the mast?  Is it easy to remove the genoa after the  
>>> rigging
>>> is
>>> lowered?  I understand the main can only be removed after the mast  
>>> is
>>> down.
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