KBBS Archive 00,000

Re: Roller Reefing

Posted By: Mark Kanzler
Date: Wednesday, 12 August 1998, at 3:57 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Roller Reefing (NPenney)

The head of the sail moves down as you roll the sail around the boom (cat rig or marconi rig)

> I don't know if you'd want to do that with a kayak. While you
> are reducing the sail area and its resulting force, you're also driving
> it's center of effort further and further up the mast. Which with
> a tippy boat like a kayak is probably not such a hot idea.

Messages In This Thread

Anyone else building a CLC SailRig?
Brian C. -- Friday, 31 July 1998, at 1:39 p.m.

Re: Anyone else building a CLC SailRig?
NPenney -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 7:48 a.m.

Cheap sails? where?
Brian C. -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 11:06 a.m.

Re: Cheap sails? where?
NPenney -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 2:29 p.m.

what about a roller jib?
Brian C. -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 5:27 p.m.

Re: what about a roller jib?
Mark Kanzler -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 5:41 p.m.

Re: what about a roller jib?
Mark Kanzler -- Tuesday, 11 August 1998, at 1:04 p.m.

Re: what about a roller jib?
NPenney -- Tuesday, 11 August 1998, at 6:40 a.m.

that roller is for the main sail
Brian C. -- Tuesday, 11 August 1998, at 6:48 p.m.

Re: Roller Reefing
Mark Kanzler -- Wednesday, 12 August 1998, at 10:27 a.m.

Roller Reefing just for Jib - Batwing mains'l
Brian C. -- Wednesday, 12 August 1998, at 2:00 p.m.

Re: Roller Reefing
NPenney -- Wednesday, 12 August 1998, at 2:18 p.m.

Re: Roller Reefing
Mark Kanzler -- Wednesday, 12 August 1998, at 3:57 p.m.

Re: Roller Reefing
NPenney -- Thursday, 13 August 1998, at 11:56 a.m.

Forgot to ask about the edge treatment
Brian C. -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 8:32 p.m.

Re: Cheap sails? where?
Mark Kanzler -- Monday, 10 August 1998, at 5:16 p.m.

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