sorry to be off topic here, but hrtsailor, you say you raise sails while out in the water and not on a beach??? if this is correct, i would really like to know how you do it, because i have the hardest time in the world getting the main up when not on a beach, if i am mistaken on what you mean, please correct me
Newbie, I raise my Tiger sail all the time on the water, in fact I never raise it on land. After trying and fighting many hours I found / realized that it was best to launch the boat and pull it off a distance and moor it (using a "pull-off" "jokes off") Then I raise the sail with ease as the boat stays aligned with the wind.
The beach that I keep my boat on is too small to manoeuver my Tiger so I have to raise my sail out of wind always. Because of various reasons I don't bother to launch into a headwind off my beach.
