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Re: Roller Reefing
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 8/12/1998, 10:27 am
In Response To: that roller is for the main sail (Brian C.)

You can also wrap around the boom, which may be simpler, depending upon how it's rigged. It requires a pivot at the mast to boom joint, which isn't usually as complitated as the mast foot.

> That's actually for the main, it wraps around the mast, which
> is the setup that SailRite recommended.

> Looks as though I could adapt it.

>

Messages In This Thread

Anyone else building a CLC SailRig?
Brian C. -- 7/31/1998, 1:39 pm
Re: Anyone else building a CLC SailRig?
NPenney -- 8/10/1998, 7:48 am
Cheap sails? where?
Brian C. -- 8/10/1998, 11:06 am
Re: Cheap sails? where?
Mark Kanzler -- 8/10/1998, 5:16 pm
Re: Cheap sails? where?
NPenney -- 8/10/1998, 2:29 pm
Forgot to ask about the edge treatment
Brian C. -- 8/10/1998, 8:32 pm
what about a roller jib?
Brian C. -- 8/10/1998, 5:27 pm
Re: what about a roller jib?
NPenney -- 8/11/1998, 6:40 am
that roller is for the main sail
Brian C. -- 8/11/1998, 6:48 pm
Re: Roller Reefing
Mark Kanzler -- 8/12/1998, 10:27 am
Re: Roller Reefing
NPenney -- 8/12/1998, 2:18 pm
Re: Roller Reefing
Mark Kanzler -- 8/12/1998, 3:57 pm
Re: Roller Reefing
NPenney -- 8/13/1998, 11:56 am
Roller Reefing just for Jib - Batwing mains'l
Brian C. -- 8/12/1998, 2:00 pm
Re: what about a roller jib?
Mark Kanzler -- 8/10/1998, 5:41 pm
Re: what about a roller jib?
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 1:04 pm