Stackpack, whats the secret ...

[Saddletramp]

to putting it on the boom. I gave up in the end. It was on the boat when I bought it last winter. So it goes on but I have had a right time of it trying to locate the bolt rope on the sail in the groove in the boom. Is there a trade secret?

 

[Bejasus]

on mine the sail is loose footed, so only the outhaul end is in the groove along with the stackpack bag which has it's own bolt rope or slides.
On other types the sail bolt rope is what holds the bottom of the stackpack onto the boom, so you feed both into the groove at the same time.

 

[dukes4monny]

I struggled to get mine back on too. I ended up using a thin wooden wedge to open up the slot in the boom slightly. Once I got it started, it seemed to go back together fairly easily. Just keep moving the wedge ahead of the clew of the sail to keep the slot open.
On my quite old boom I found that the slot at the tack end of the boom had closed up slightly which was pinching the foot of the sail / pack........I ended up having to drive the wedge in further at this end to correct this.
Do not be tempted to use anything metal to lever the slot open, the aluminium is surprisingly soft and you will damage the slot and make matters worse.

Good luck.

 

[dt4134]

I found MacLube worked, lots of it. But since then I've converted the main to be loose footed.

 

[cjepearson]

My stackpack was made with a thin strip of lighter fabric along the centre, which slides "easily" into the boom grove. It is still a two person job though.

 

[steve28]

Ours has a white nylon type fabric, we lay the pack so its even either side then use a spoon handle to run it into the groove in the boom, then feed the sil in after, this way it slides in easy.

Steve

 

[WoodyP]

No secret, just a bit of dry silicone lubricant, and about 2 hours of swearing is what works for me. I manage to do it single handed but it is a lot easier with two, say 1 and 3/4 hours of swearing.
G.

 

[BobL]

When I fitted my Jeckells' version, the recommendation was to feed the sail and cover into the boom slot together. Went OK. The stacking cover makes handling so much easier.

 

[Boathook]

Mines the same made by Quay Sails. The main and cover have to be fitted at the same time. One person is required to pull and the other to align main and cover. Only takes 10 minutes.

 

[fireball]

exactly the same advice that I was given this weekend - lay the stackpack over the boom, use a spoon or something soft to push the middle section into the grove then feed the main in ... went in easy after that - with the boom on the gooseneck as well - only took 10 minutes and it isn't exactly a small sail!

 

[Saddletramp]

Thanks for all your comments. Seems I am not alone. I adopted what I though was a clever move. I fed a piece of 6 m/m rope first. That held it in place in the groove. Even when you take it out the canvas stays in the groove. I got about 1/3 of the way along, using plenty of silcon spray. I then hit a double thickness of fabric and that was it. So out it all came again.

I have not touched it today, still sulking. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[gandy]

I used clothes pegs to hold the stackpack in place round the bolt rope, then fed them in together (obviously removing the pegs as I went).