When we took the sails off the boat for the winter, Ron had the idea that we need to remove them from the bags they've undoubtedly been sitting in for years, except of course for the main and genoa sail we used this past season. In addition to those we also have an asymmetrical spinnaker, a symmetrical spinnaker, a second main sail, another genoa and a storm sail - all of which are of the 1980s era, with some being in better shape than the others. Our backup main is pretty much a disaster and the second genoa is mylar with some mold. But the spinnakers and storm sails on the other hand are just about brand new and look great...we think anyway. So we took a couple of hours to get the sails unrumpled and 'rolled'. Except that the stupid things are so big my rolling technique started looking like folding per the roll-master Ron. By the time we were done I was sweating and somewhat out of breath, trying to maneuver those suckers in between pool tables, chairs and whatever other junk we have in the basement was hard work!
When we took the sails off the boat for the winter, Ron had the idea that we need to remove them from the bags they've undoubtedly been sitting in for years, except of course for the main and genoa sail we used this past season. In addition to those we also have an asymmetrical spinnaker, a symmetrical spinnaker, a second main sail, another genoa and a storm sail - all of which are of the 1980s era, with some being in better shape than the others. Our backup main is pretty much a disaster and the second genoa is mylar with some mold. But the spinnakers and storm sails on the other hand are just about brand new and look great...we think anyway. So we took a couple of hours to get the sails unrumpled and 'rolled'. Except that the stupid things are so big my rolling technique started looking like folding per the roll-master Ron. By the time we were done I was sweating and somewhat out of breath, trying to maneuver those suckers in between pool tables, chairs and whatever other junk we have in the basement was hard work!
Mains, genoas and storm sail 'rolled' up. Ha |
This can't be good for the spinny |
omg, your "rolling" is 4 million times better than ours! hah! We need some serious lessons. ;) -Kim, s/v LAHO
ReplyDeleteHaha, you don't want "rolling" advice from me! I was continually getting scolded about my lack of skills ;)
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