i usually just put my sails (which are cammed) in the water, shallow enough so the boom stops them from drifting away but deep enough so the middle of the sail fills with water. works fine for me.

bubs

bubs said...

i usually just put my sails (which are cammed) in the water, shallow enough so the boom stops them from drifting away but deep enough so the middle of the sail fills with water. works fine for me.

bubs

hi bubs,

you should be careful doing this particularly when there is chop as the sand gets into everything including the batten pockets and wears stuff out.

mark's method is the go, or tie it to a tree with the uphaul or better yet leave the board attached.

No fences on the beach Stribo

OK mine and Gestalts combined: get a 4ft plastic star picket (won't hurt anyone or rust etc if it is a placcy one) and drive it into the sand where u sail.

Place sail in my pozzie, and use a stainless clip and rope to attach to picket for even more safety??

You can use a dog screw to stop them blowing away but I wouldn't leave a sail lying around in the sun.

Hi Guys. Thanks for your replies. Just some additional info; the boom of my unused sail is removed (I've only got one sail, and a few local sailors have told me to remove the boom - orientate the sail in the usual position on the ground, and then put the boom on the bottom of the sail to stop it blowing away - due to turbulence). Where I sail, inbetween the road and the beach are grassy dunes - no fences, no trees - no wind shallows. The Seabreeze is cross shore.

I was wondering if I could put the sail on the beach (face the mast foot into the wind as Mark_australia said, and put some sand on the bottom of the sail as ballast. Sand will naturally cover the sail anyway, as the beach turns into "rivers" of sand. However, I am a bit worried what this will do to the sail when sand goes to the mast sleeve. Am I able to get this sand out without rerigging it ?, if not will this sand damage the mast and mast sleeve ?.

Mark_Australia: the star pickets is a good suggestion... but sand will still end up covering the sail when she blows, so I might as well just do what I suggested above.

thewindmap: I only have 1 board ATM.

NotWal: What's a dog screw ?. Re: leaving sals in sun: The dilemma when sailing under/power powered is, should I rig the other sail ?. By the time you do that some days, you miss the window and the wind either returns to previous state or dies in the arse

I'm erring on leaving the unused sail in the car.

Ja

bubs: That idea is attempting at a lake :).. when it blows at Semaphor, I wouldn't leave a sail in the water for more than a minute, as a wave may damage it.

swoosh: I am a slow rigger, derigger, rig walker.

Put your eski on it

Point mast tip downwind, turn board over and heap sand along rail where it meets the sand to windward for when its really windy.

or just add heaps of sand.....note a few are around the wrong way in this pic at SP, lots of rigs lost that day I think.

the you tube link on a recent forum had a bloke rig in 1min 30 sec very impressive i think a derig of 1 min 30 sec is possible 3 min to change sail i must admit i liked the mast extension with a build in rachet lever for the down hall wish i had of invented it must get hold of one