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Good thought. I've gotten used to leading the jacks to the mast.
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Even though each side leans out from center(because of the outboard-spreader mounted blocks), it's still tricky to raise the sail without catching a jackline. And I think I prefer them gathered at the mast while sailing. Because I have to go to the mast to raise or lower the main, deploying the jacks is easy.
This season, I want to be able to sail on and off anchor/moorings,...easier. This re-set of the Lazy jacks may be what I need to contain the whole sail, on top of the boom.
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- Mainsail rigging suggestions sought.
- I'm old fashioned
- There is a Westsail Owners Association...
- Having bought a new main last season, I'm still sorting these questions out.
- Well, I think with the Westsail 32, Bill C would probably have had it right when he designed-it...
- Have a friend with a 27 footer with a main like that. In a word, it sux. MUCH smaller sail
- My Westsail 32 had a traveller and mid-boom sheeting
- You know, I'm seriously looking at adding lazy jacks to my 25 footer
- It's if they hadn't called the 'Lazy Jacks', maybe you wouldn't be so ah-hum about them. ;^)))
- We have similar low aspect mains. Here's my mistakes for you.
- FWIW some dimensions we found to work.
- Dinghy blocks are better than fairleads
- These would be mounted in the spreader edges.
- I don't see a downside
- Good thought. I've gotten used to leading the jacks to the mast.
- I don't see a downside
- These would be mounted in the spreader edges.
- FWIW some dimensions we found to work.
- It's if they hadn't called the 'Lazy Jacks', maybe you wouldn't be so ah-hum about them. ;^)))
Maybe so. But when John Welsford, Michael Storer, Richard Woods, Jim Michalak and Matt Layden