There are some additional good ones in the comments. Notably Wm. F. Buckley's amusing sailing sagas. Click YouTube description for a list of mentioned books.
Sailing Books for Holidays, 2024
- Thread starter Christian Williams
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Bepi
E27 Roxanne
Thank you for the book tips, but my question is; since you have sewn a new sail cover, have you disposed of your lazy jacks? I've always been too lazy to put in lazy jacks and I'm wondering if you found them to be a bit much, if, in fact, you removed them.
I have decided to lower--furl, tie away against the mast--the lazyjacks. That removes the need for slots in the mainsail, with six additional fasteners each, which meant my cover had 32 snaps. That was a continuing irritation, since it took a bit of time to seat the cover around the lazyjack slots, and sail cover duty took far too much time.
The new cover needs no slots. I will now remove sail cover and raise the lazyjacks at the slip. They are therefore available while sailing and reefing and raising and lowering. After return to the slip I will put gaskets on the boom first , then derig the lazyjacks. We'll see if that's less work.
I couldn't live without lazyjacks. The 38 mainsail is heavy with four full length battens, and I rarely have an experienced crew to wrastle a free sail onto the boom and secure it. Of course, with a full crew, it would give them something to do....
When singlehanding, which I define as any time you're the only one aboard who's not a supernumerary, lazyjacks are invaluable.
The new cover needs no slots. I will now remove sail cover and raise the lazyjacks at the slip. They are therefore available while sailing and reefing and raising and lowering. After return to the slip I will put gaskets on the boom first , then derig the lazyjacks. We'll see if that's less work.
I couldn't live without lazyjacks. The 38 mainsail is heavy with four full length battens, and I rarely have an experienced crew to wrastle a free sail onto the boom and secure it. Of course, with a full crew, it would give them something to do....
When singlehanding, which I define as any time you're the only one aboard who's not a supernumerary, lazyjacks are invaluable.
All good points. The only drawback I have found with tying them alongside the spar is that they rattle/ bang on the spar if there's much of a breeze at all. Besides the noise bothering the neighbors, the little bits of hardware on 'em can mark up the mast finish over time.
Like so many things in life, every solution bears the seeds of a new problem to solve...
