On 8 Jul 2021, at 23:24, Peter Mills <peter_mills@...> wrote:

Sounds scary! Thanks for the info. Yes my furler comes through a hole in the deck just to the starboard side of the mast. But I could extend it easily enough.

Cheers

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Allinson via <m.allinson2@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2021 10:14:36 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [wanderer] Single handed sailing

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My jib furler line goes to a cleat aft of the centreboard so its pretty long already . Does yours just go to the mast base like some I have seen?.?

Thanks for all the tips you chaps have contributed. For my part the only time I nearly came to grief was sailing solo reefed down force 4 in the middle of the Thames Estuary 9am in July 2018. I miscalculated the leeway in the tideway and didn’t spot the massive shipping channel buoy that I was being driven onto because in a blow with a big heel the jib masks ones true direction. First I knew was a big red glow that lit up the boat in a scary manner. Looking over my shoulder I realised I had passed within 12 feet of it. Hitting it may have been the last thing I did, so I count myself lucky. Moral of story - make sure you change course occasionally and have a look around.

Hope this helps.?

Regards Mark W914

On 8 Jul 2021, at 21:24, Peter Mills <peter_mills@...> wrote:

Thanks all for the helpful information. Really useful.

Do folk manage with standard jib furler or modify in some way with a longer line?

Thank you.

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