Add a low-friction track and slides to the mast and you'll be able to just release the halyard and let it drop into the pack, without having to go forward and pull the sail down.
I engaged the autopilot when I turned upwind, around 1:00 on the video. The answer to the second question is a bit more complicated as I sold Waimanu short after this, and as the "new" boat has a conventional boom cover, my only comment is I miss it very much. However I'm already working on version2. Small changes compare to the first one.
Thanks Mark, thanks for your comment, as I wasn't aware of the weight of my wording I used "stack-pack" as a description rather than brand id. I'm happy to call it for "fabric covered lazy jack for sail storage" (lazy jack hopefully not a TM) and it will be the official name as I made this thing for myself to make my life easier. The purpose of the video to present to my skeptic friends it is possible with a tight budget and you all right it is NOT a Stack-Pack.
@@arpa592 Don't believe everything someone posts as a comment. Stackpack was a registered trademark, but that registration seems to be expired. Also, just because something is a registered trademark, doesn't mean you can't use the word, especially when it has become "genericized". I blow my nose with kleenex and make xerox copies of things all the time.
@@duncanthomson5564 NO, this disaster system is not a stack package and will give them a bad name. If I was Doyle I'd have this video removed....Not to mention zero safety - no lifejacket or harness.
Add a low-friction track and slides to the mast and you'll be able to just release the halyard and let it drop into the pack, without having to go forward and pull the sail down.
It's a very good point, and when the mast is down it's a straight forward job (I mean to replace the track). At the time that wasn't done yet.
The heads'l leech is coming apart.
Thanks, it looks worst than it was. The furling headsail had been replaced soon after this shot...
Did you have an autopilot engaged when you went forward? Also, how do you like the system after spending a year with it?
I engaged the autopilot when I turned upwind, around 1:00 on the video. The answer to the second question is a bit more complicated as I sold Waimanu short after this, and as the "new" boat has a conventional boom cover, my only comment is I miss it very much. However I'm already working on version2. Small changes compare to the first one.
Anybody got a quarter?
this is not a stackpack. that stackpack is a patented system. the cover is held up against the sail while the sail is in use.
Thanks Mark, thanks for your comment, as I wasn't aware of the weight of my wording I used "stack-pack" as a description rather than brand id. I'm happy to call it for "fabric covered lazy jack for sail storage" (lazy jack hopefully not a TM) and it will be the official name as I made this thing for myself to make my life easier. The purpose of the video to present to my skeptic friends it is possible with a tight budget and you all right it is NOT a Stack-Pack.
@@arpa592 Don't believe everything someone posts as a comment. Stackpack was a registered trademark, but that registration seems to be expired. Also, just because something is a registered trademark, doesn't mean you can't use the word, especially when it has become "genericized". I blow my nose with kleenex and make xerox copies of things all the time.
@@duncanthomson5564 yeah... I'm not worried about that... If it makes someone happy, I'm happy to correct it.
@@duncanthomson5564 NO, this disaster system is not a stack package and will give them a bad name. If I was Doyle I'd have this video removed....Not to mention zero safety - no lifejacket or harness.