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  1. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    Yes, you pay it out off the reel which slows you down, but not nearly as slowly as when the dyneema tangles and gloms together at the sheave on the bottom of the mast. I've also tried tossing the line off the stern first to untangle, didn't work. It does help to have the mast "fixed" with the...
  2. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    That's what I've been doing (yes boltrope except for two slugs one top and one bottom) with the exception that I haven't been crudely lashing, I've been gathering the luff and bungying it together. So I have added a bungie from the float and will try to sandwich it down after drop to keep it...
  3. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    Even that way it is difficult to deal with. What works reliably is to use a reel for waterski rope. Drawback is that you have to carry one more piece of equipment and after hoist have to take the time to wind it up.
  4. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    I use a feeder for hoisting to keep the luff from flopping about. Typically, I hoist in the marina while tied up assuming I can find an upwind parking spot for the evolution. Part of the issue is the amount of line for hoisting and dropping--2:1 main haiyard makes for about 100 feet of line...
  5. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    That would keep it all together and make it easy to bungie the bundle. It would take longer to hoist with those 8 soft shackles to engage, but might work.
  6. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    I'll give that a try if the tramp hold down bungie doesn't work.
  7. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    You could be right, I could just treat the tramp like a lazy jack and stretch bungie across from the float and sandwich the main down.
  8. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    Nah, worthless weight. Mast is aft and high aspect mainsail and self tacking jib. Boom is one of the two things that can kill you (the other is falling off).
  9. MultiThom

    Single handed mainsail drop, no lazyjacks

    Actually no boom either, so pretty specific and since multihull I have a wide area to let it just lie flang dang on the trampoline. But when I start to motor toward the marina (always drop where there is sea room) it tries to fly about. I've been taking the time to gather it and bungie it...



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