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Hey Adam

Posted By: Skipper Adams
Date: 9/22/07 6:42p.m.

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See if this helps with the roller reefing on the main.

Roller Reefing Mainsail Roller reefing provides an easy, quick way to reduce mainsail (or mizzen) sail area. First head up into the wind and let the sheets go slack, then free the downhaul. Turn the boom to wind the sail onto it. As this happens the gooseneck will slide up the mast. When the gooseneck reaches the top of the track release the halyard sufficiently so that the boom will drop down into its previous position then secure the halyard. This process is repeated until sail area is reduced as much as desired.

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 Hey Adam  -- Skipper Adams -- 9/22/07 6:42p.m.
Hmmm. That would explain some things... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/22/07 7:37p.m.
partly because the leech droops as the sail is rolled up -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 6:45a.m.
HAVE MERCY -- Skipper Adams -- 9/23/07 9:13a.m.
Port Lavaca is where we keep the boat- it's about 125 miles from Houston -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 11:37a.m.
What, you're telling me Laura didn't get that done on her cruise? -- Rachel -- 9/23/07 2:33p.m.
lol- nope- she got the eyebrows done, the starboard toe rail -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 5:40p.m.
Ugh, I'm not a big stainless fan anyway, as you know... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 6:33p.m.
seem to be ok. We have a very few bronze clevis pins which I hoard -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/24/07 8:23p.m.
It seems impossible, but I've seen split rings come off "by themselves"... -- Rachel -- 9/24/07 9:09p.m.
Jamestown distributors . . . -- Lee -- 9/25/07 4:43a.m.
Try Shaw and Tenney- but stand by for the prices -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:38a.m.
Jamestown shows Silicone Bronze COTTER pins, but only stainless Clevis pins -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 6:36a.m.
Yep- one of the reasons I dislike them- saw a flailing jib sheet -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/25/07 5:41a.m.
Bronze Blocks -- Eden Cowart -- 1/29/08 9:19a.m.
re:Above waterline leak -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/26/07 5:37p.m.
Okay Adam -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 9:17a.m.
The portlights are not completely sealed... -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 11:36a.m.
Gotcha -- Skipper Adams -- 9/27/07 1:22p.m.
Sealing the base of the mast -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 9/27/07 3:37p.m.
Of course there are differing opinions on this, but I consider silicone... -- Rachel -- 9/27/07 7:26p.m.
I was refraining, hoping you'd chime in. I won't allow silicone aboard. -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/27/07 7:44p.m.
Hee hee, the "two-man" anti-silicone band (not that we're the only ones) -- Rachel -- 9/28/07 3:55p.m.
ROFL - now Rachel- from someone who is "womanizing" a booth at Trawlerfest, I'm -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/28/07 6:12p.m.
I know, but "two-person band" just doesn't have a ring to it -- Rachel -- 9/29/07 5:26a.m.
How's the show going? Tiring I'll bet. Will we see you chatting tonight? -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/29/07 5:37a.m.
Leaks revisited -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 11:27a.m.
Sounds like you are onto something -- Skipper Adams -- 10/15/07 2:00p.m.
I've never rebedded -- Adam Plourde - Seafarer 24 "Godot" - Chesepeake Bay -- 10/15/07 5:03p.m.
Same here -- Skipper Adams -- 10/18/07 11:37a.m.
Towels -- Joe McCary -- 9/23/07 5:50p.m.
Yep- I think jiffy reefing is the way to go -- Charlie Jones, Meridian 25 Tehani, Magnolia Beach, Texas -- 9/23/07 7:30p.m.

 

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