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SAILS
Hard to hoist with age
Q I’m 80 years old and would like to continue sailing locally for a few years yet. With this in mind I recently replaced the engine and sails on my 24ft Arden Clansman.
The engine is great but the sails are a complete disaster. The mainsail itself is extremely heavy and inflexible, it is difficult to raise and has to be pulled down when dropped.
I also bought a packaway system as my wife was fed up with the loss of vision ahead when I dropped the sail and I find that unless the boat is headed directly into the wind you cannot either raise or lower the sail as it tends to get caught on the lazyjacks. And
