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Old 19-08-2019, 09:32   #1
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Effortless mainsail cover?

Have to climb several mast-attached steps to reach the top of the mainsail cover, take off straps, turnbuckles and velco while balancing with one hand on the mast. Then have to remove the ties under the boom while folding the cover progressively aft. At the aft end of the boom, have to loosen the mainsheet, swing the (huge) Park Avenue boom to one side, unzip the bimini connector
and stand on the cockpit coaming to get to the end of the cover that is tied off to the topping lift. Have to re-center the boom with the mainsheet. Then the cover is stored in the cockpit locker.

Reverse the above at the end of the day. I'm pushing 70 and the above is kind of daunting when just going out for a day sail. Is there ANY main cover that is fully "automatic" with a conventional main with lazyjacks? I'll add that we sail in the subtropics where the sun fries everything.

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Old 19-08-2019, 09:58   #2
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Re: Effortless mainsail cover?

How about a stackpack with a zipper on a loop of line to allow opening and closing the cover from one position?
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