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Brailing system installed but there is a little problem. |
It's not a place. It's a state of mind. |
Tranquility Island. |
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Brailing the Mainsail. Page #2 |
Here is the "cabinet handle" attachment point at the top of the mast. You can
see the brailing line tied off to it and angling down the right side of
the sail. Then it comes back up the left side to go through the pulley
and down the mast. |
Problem here. Looking at the way the sail brails up it will have a lot of windage.
The upper part is baggy and not held against the mast well.
It's really worse than it looks from the side but didn't get a good picture of
that angle. |
Here is the problem. Look closely and you'll see the brailing line on the left
side of the sail is tangled with the peak-sprit halyard.
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Another picture showing the tangle. Here you can see the brailing line trapped.
It made it hard to lower the sail. Took a bit of tugging
to get it back down again. Drop everything and re-do it. |
Go to page #3, below. |
