{"id":7288,"date":"2010-01-02T13:23:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T18:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2010-01-02T20:16:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T01:16:44","slug":"three-approaches-to-furling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/three-approaches-to-furling\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Approaches to Furling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-84.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-84\" width=\"576\" height=\"543\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We first noticed this approach to furling on the Thames River barges we saw last spring in London. It is quick and efficient in terms of manpower.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-147.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-147\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The gaffs stay in place and a series of lines furl the sails against gaff and mast. This does leave you with weight and windage aloft, so it might be less appropriate offshore in a gale. But for coastal cruising, why not?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-104.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-104\" width=\"576\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the spectrum is this modern yacht with a wide boom, full battened main, and lazy jacks. The sail cover is mounted along the boom edges and zipped into place, which does require agility.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/falmout-uk-yachts-64.jpg\" alt=\"Falmout-UK-Yachts-64\" width=\"576\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A sail training ship combining both approaches. Furling lines from the yards to the deck for reducing sail. And then crew agility for a harbor furl (the crew goes aloft, walks the foot ropes, and neatly furls the sails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We first noticed this approach to furling on the Thames River barges we saw last spring in London. It is <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/three-approaches-to-furling\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dashew-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}