Finally!!! 😉
You might remember us taking down both the main and jib sails for a little tlc and restitching work.
Well, we got both sails back from the sailmaker in October, but have been slacking just a bit in getting the jib put back. This is partly due to the fact that we needed to service or replace the roller furling lower drum (item #24 on the boat project list). Jereme ended up replacing the lower drum altogether (blog post coming soon).
On Sunday, the wind finally cooperated enough for us to go ahead and put the sail back up.
And the whole sail-putting-up process went really smooth, too smooth perhaps! …Until we realized that the jib sail was rolled inside out!!? How the heck did we manage that? The sail was clearly put up the right way. Bizarre.
So we had to unroll it, and take it all down again. And then figure out why it was rolling counterclockwise instead of clockwise.
This became a fun little brain teaser for us as the sun was quickly setting last night. Especially since we knew the sail was up correctly. After a little pondering, we took down the sail, and simply pulled out all the furling line from the drum and then started spinning the drum the right way (clockwise). And that worked! So I think we just accidentally spun the drum the wrong way after the install (and corrected it by removing the line and spinning the right way — clockwise). Seems like a super dumb beginner mistake, but whatever it’s up and spun on right. Lesson learned.
PS – this weekend was so freaking gorgeous here in Naples! November is definitely one of my favorite months.
^^blue skies. mid-70 temps. what more could you want?^^
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