machone
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What am I doing wrong?
I have twice hired a Bavaria with a big roll up Genoa. Both times it suffered a 'failure' in that it ended up strangely twisted with a flapping envelope. The most recent event turned into a nightmare when I tried to tighten the roll mechanism to tidy things up and the roll line broke, the sail half in and half out, flapping about in a strong f6. Luckily I had a good crew and they managed to free it and we got it off the roll mechanism and lowered it.
I have seen ripped sails hanging off roll mechanisms so I don't think I'm the only one but how can this be prevented? I kept tension(not that much) on the sheet when rolling in, vessel into wind but on the last few rolls it got twisted up and became impossible to unwind.
Another question on the same topic - are these roller systems meant to be roller reefing or are the sails only really designed to be fully in or fully out?
I have twice hired a Bavaria with a big roll up Genoa. Both times it suffered a 'failure' in that it ended up strangely twisted with a flapping envelope. The most recent event turned into a nightmare when I tried to tighten the roll mechanism to tidy things up and the roll line broke, the sail half in and half out, flapping about in a strong f6. Luckily I had a good crew and they managed to free it and we got it off the roll mechanism and lowered it.
I have seen ripped sails hanging off roll mechanisms so I don't think I'm the only one but how can this be prevented? I kept tension(not that much) on the sheet when rolling in, vessel into wind but on the last few rolls it got twisted up and became impossible to unwind.
Another question on the same topic - are these roller systems meant to be roller reefing or are the sails only really designed to be fully in or fully out?