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Chumpy36
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Sail questions

Post by Chumpy36 »

As I’m pretty close to launching the boat for the first time, I got all the sales out to take inventory and take some pics. The jib is on a CDI further looks to be a 155 and it appears to be in good shape. The two mainsails were bagged and one looks like maybe it was the stock sale? It has a Mwe’re bagged and one looks like maybe it was the stock sale? It has a M 26 on it and is made by hood. The second one has no other markings on it but it looks like it’s made by masthead.

I do have a roller furling boom that you crank around with a hexagonal tool. Do these sails look like they will work that that setup? If not, I assume they will work normally as any other sale on the boom with traditional reefing?

And does anyone know what the green bag is for?

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NiceAft
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Re: Sail questions

Post by NiceAft »

To me, having two mainsails means either you have a spare, or the previous owner just never got rid of the old sail.

As to the green bag, maybe that's a binnacle cover. Do you have a binnacle on a 26S?

The only person I know who has a roller furler main is Jimmyt. That makes him the expert on what may work; he has an :macm: , not an "S".
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Re: Sail questions

Post by Stickinthemud57 »

That green bag looks like a deck bag for a hank-on jib.

The one with the "Masthead" sticker also has the Rolly Tasker boomerang on it. Rolly Tasker makes sails for a lot of other companies, Blue Water Yachts being among them.

Both are rope-footed sails. The rope slides into a channel at the top of the boom, and seems to be the logical choice for for a furling boom.
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