It has just occured to me that I have no way to actually transport the spars/sail/mast. Thinking I'll just order a sail bag and hope it gets here by this weekend?
Here’s my method to tie up/wrap the sails alongside the spars and mast.
1st – make sure your sail is dry. if you have to put away your sail wet, make sure you unroll it ASAP and let it dry to prevent mildew from forming on the sail.
2nd – position the 2 booms (or spars) together. I also usually just leave the mast in the gooseneck, and rotate it down so that the mast is parallel with the booms. pull the sail away from the booms and mast, and start to slowly – and loosely – roll the sail up towards the booms. IMPORTANT: do NOT roll the sail around the booms, as you are more likely to damage the sail that way.
3rd – use both your halyard and mainsheet to tie a chain sinnet knot that wraps around and loosely secures the rolled up sail and the booms and mast. I usually start with the mainsheet, with it pulled all the way so that the pulley that connects with the traveler is tight against the end boom block. so my mainsheet chain sinnet starts at about the mid-point (at the forward boom block), and I tie the chain sinnet knot towards the tack of the sail (and base of the mast). then, with the halyard, I’ll tie again the chain sinnet knot, working the opposite direction.
Here’s my method to tie up/wrap the sails alongside the spars and mast.
1st – make sure your sail is dry. if you have to put away your sail wet, make sure you unroll it ASAP and let it dry to prevent mildew from forming on the sail.
2nd – position the 2 booms (or spars) together. I also usually just leave the mast in the gooseneck, and rotate it down so that the mast is parallel with the booms. pull the sail away from the booms and mast, and start to slowly – and loosely – roll the sail up towards the booms. IMPORTANT: do NOT roll the sail around the booms, as you are more likely to damage the sail that way.
3rd – use both your halyard and mainsheet to tie a chain sinnet knot that wraps around and loosely secures the rolled up sail and the booms and mast. I usually start with the mainsheet, with it pulled all the way so that the pulley that connects with the traveler is tight against the end boom block. so my mainsheet chain sinnet starts at about the mid-point (at the forward boom block), and I tie the chain sinnet knot towards the tack of the sail (and base of the mast). then, with the halyard, I’ll tie again the chain sinnet knot, working the opposite direction.
YIKES!!!!!
Get smaller diameter line for holding the sail to the booms. That is too thick. You also need to get more gap between the boom and the sail. The smaller diameter line for the sail ties will hold a square knot better too.
I had never heard of epoxying the knots on the sail loops but I think its a great idea. Sure, they do generally hold well, but one occasionally comes loose and so I check them all most times I rig my boat. Epoxy = 27 less things to worry about :^)
that looks great! Wonder if you could tweak it slightly to use as a mount for a wind indicator?
I used a cut piece of PVC pipe but your printed one looks much better.
as part of my new Sunfish sail set-up that I described a while ago, I mentioned that I had added (3) sets of tell-tales. the tell-tales are positioned on the sail to help give an idea of how the w…