Doug, I'm with you on this. I like the bolt rope, and I roll mine up on the boom similar to your method. It's fast and clean. I'm shopping for a new main and plan on going with a bolt rope again, with a loose foot. One problem, however, is if you want full battens. I was hoping to have the sail made with the top 2 battens full, but the sailmaker says they'll hang up without slugs. Any of you have experience with this? Larry On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:22:48 -0800 (PST) Doug Kelch <doug_kelch@yahoo.com> writes:
Always a different opinion.
I have owned several boats up to 25 ft and dislike sail slugs on the boats that had them. The may not have been set up correctly but they invaribly jamb when raising the sail and bunch up the sail above the boom when lowering. I dislike sail slugs.
I would challenge anyone to contest on sailraising, lowering and tying off the main to the boom on my boltrope M15. In my experience the boltrope is faster and neater.
Bolt ropes make reefing much neater and easier around the boom/mast area.
Yes the main does not always fall down when released but it is very simple to pull it down without going on deck.
I do not flake the sails on the boom. When I drop the sail I keep the last 5 inchs of the main in the sail track, find the mid point of the luff and roll the doubled sail into a tube and tie it off on the boom. This is neat, fast and less windage at anchor.
Thanks
Doug Kelch --- Wcpritchett@aol.com wrote:
Boltropes on the best setups still don't let the sail flake down and furl on the boom without falling out of the slot and extra handling to contain the sail. Usually a boltrope has to be pulled down even in dead calm winds. A good slug setup will let the sail fall down on itself when the halyard is let go...requiring minimal crew power to get the sail down. While you are working with a boltrope to get the sail down I will have a slugged sail already down and furled on the boom. Safety wise slugs rarely get snagged or break...in my experience owning several boats with boltropes, they are more critical to jamming than slugs. One of the first things I do on boats with boltropes is change to slugs. Can you tell, I REALLY don't like boltropes?
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