Hello again!
Whenever we are on the lake and it really starts to blow-and my wife and I decide to come in but are not confortable having the sails up we rig the boom,(raised to sailing height,with the main rolled up on the boom), to be held up by one trapeeze wire. I usually tie or wire the boom to the dogbone at the boom block holder- and tighten the main sheet and put bungees on for preventers. This keeps it off the tramp and out of the way. The reason I do this is that when we come in it is usually on a reach and we land at the launching ramp-asphalt.(I've came in hot a few times-ouch!, did that hurt!) I've meant to ask this for a while, but keep forgetting- Is This Safe?- If the trapeeze wire can hold a couple hundred pounds it should be able to hold the rolled main on the boom, right?
Has anyone else done this? Or am I crazy?
Thanks for your input!
banannahead

Its not crazy its more that you might be not confident in doing a off thr shore wind boat recovery. If you feel you dont want to pull the sails down just before you get in try to streer up alittle and pull your rudders up and you should drift in slowly. If you feel putting the boom on the trapeze wire is safer do it. The trapeze wires are designed to hold a hell of alot of weight. Unless your sail weighs more than 200kg then i might be looking at why in the hell is it that heavy but other than that dont worry about it!

We only do this when the wind is really blowing 25mph+ at the lake, because the marina and the sail shop are on both sides of the boat ramp, and I don't like the crunch of fiberglass against a dock.
I've also discovered that hanging the boom keeps the Main sail dry and I can put it into my sail tube right away.
I usually can sail straight to the ramp with full sails without any trouble, but hanging the boom with the main rolled up keeps it out of my way and keeps it dry on those hairy days!
banannahead

ok im curious mph= how much in anything else?? But yeah sounds like a good idea!

25 miles per hour equals around 4o kilometers per hour, at least that is what it looks like on the speedometer on my truck.
banannahead

You know i always wondered how much it was. 20 knots is allways fun!!!

A great online conversion computer is at:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/speed_common.htm

40 kph = 21.6 knot, or 24.9 mph

Jack

Thanks Jack!
The conversion computer is cool!
banannahead