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• furler question
  • Are you planning to lower the stay
    • yes - on the deck
      • Rent a slip and that way you can lay it out on the dock
        • Or maybe walk it ashore if you can find a grassy area to work on it
        • I've gone up on an external halyard block only to find the shackle pin holding on to one half of the shackle..
          • Yikes!
          • I know you do this for a living...
            • I'm curious...
              • I believe Dave's questions were meant for Rob...
              • I tied off to the masthead and pinned the shackle. Stranger things have happened, like this one time...
                • Now Rob, we all have our "being dropped" stories....
                  • sure, it was always up to us. OK, wink, wink.
              • He pooped in his pants and yelled...
          • I've enjoyed that thrill !
            • That's why the military recruits 'em young
              • True! But think of how many wars there'd be
  • Article in May/June Good Old Boat
  • Replacing Profurl extrusion
  • Definately lay the stay down.....