oldmanofthehills
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Sails are an issue, in winter they get piled up in the saloon as we only use boats for overnight stays by yacht club etc.
In summer its a different matter. Both our boats have roller reefing and roller furling so main and gennie are out of the way , but staysail, trisail, cruising chute all need to go somewhere. I suspect one of the main benefits of furling foresails is reduced number of sails to store as they dont always set as well and are harder to change around compared with hank on. I laughed at the comment that sails take less space folded, and if our boats were big enough to layout sails to fold I would certainly do that. However in the real world on our 31ft or 27ft boat we must do the best we can. So trisail in cockpit locker sort of folded as if i need it I need it without going into rolling cabin. Staysail under saloon bunk and chute under bunk in forepeak. I do leave chute on deck if its that kind of weather but certainly wouldnt leave it there in poor weather or if boat unattended.
In summer its a different matter. Both our boats have roller reefing and roller furling so main and gennie are out of the way , but staysail, trisail, cruising chute all need to go somewhere. I suspect one of the main benefits of furling foresails is reduced number of sails to store as they dont always set as well and are harder to change around compared with hank on. I laughed at the comment that sails take less space folded, and if our boats were big enough to layout sails to fold I would certainly do that. However in the real world on our 31ft or 27ft boat we must do the best we can. So trisail in cockpit locker sort of folded as if i need it I need it without going into rolling cabin. Staysail under saloon bunk and chute under bunk in forepeak. I do leave chute on deck if its that kind of weather but certainly wouldnt leave it there in poor weather or if boat unattended.
