Mainsail stack-pack cover with a high boom - how to close cover

[snooks]

The reverse to un-zip -all at no cost!

Because my solution was SOOOO expensive: a mousing line, one small block and a couple of cable ties (webbing tabs on the inside are optional)

I just stand on the coachroof and I can reach the length of the boom

 

[snooks]

Do I need a bigger stackpack?

Probably, or a different sail maker....

It doesn't need, or want, to be overly baggy, but you should be able to go the length of it without having to tuck stuff in, or have the zip under tension. I have one batten that will always stick up on the drop, but I also trialled Crusader's Easystack, so I can pull the mainsail down into the stackpack and re-tension the main halyard and the mainsail is snugged down, the halyard secure and I've never had to set foot out of the cockpit.

 

[johnphilip]

Probably, or a different sail maker....

It doesn't need, or want, to be overly baggy, but you should be able to go the length of it without having to tuck stuff in, or have the zip under tension. I have one batten that will always stick up on the drop, but I also trialled Crusader's Easystack, so I can pull the mainsail down into the stackpack and re-tension the main halyard and the mainsail is snugged down, the halyard secure and I've never had to set foot out of the cockpit.

Could also relate to the 30M2 main we have on a 33' Elan compared to the 17.56 m2 I see quoted for the Sadler 32.

 

[snooks]

Could also relate to the 30M2 main we have on a 33' Elan compared to the 17.56 m2 I see quoted for the Sadler 32.

A bigger sail needs a bigger bag...Unless you're trying to get the Elan's sail into a S32 stack pack?

 

[dunedin]

Thanks all for your help with this - some very helpful ideas.

PS I think this issue only really applies 30-40 ft upwards, where the boom height plus stowed sail can be above head height.