In a message dated 11/11/2004 7:02:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, shawn@ori.org writes: . Simple is best. When you anchor for the night and don't want to put the main away, slugs are the only way to go. Otherwise the main falls all over the deck. Try using a bolt rope on a 23 or a boat larger. The thought is ludicrous. The bolt rope is fine for a small sail on a little boat, but is a burden when the main is much bigger.
Right, the sail falls on the deck. Then you roll, fold and/or flake it into a tidy package, and tie it to the boom. It took me a while to perfect the technique, but I never could get the main to flake nicely when it had slugs, so this works for me. Bill Riker M15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Sandyal55@aol.com Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:05 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: track lube In a message dated 11/11/2004 7:02:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, shawn@ori.org writes: . Simple is best. When you anchor for the night and don't want to put the main away, slugs are the only way to go. Otherwise the main falls all over the deck. Try using a bolt rope on a 23 or a boat larger. The thought is ludicrous. The bolt rope is fine for a small sail on a little boat, but is a burden when the main is much bigger. _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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