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I'm looling for info. regarding a marcony mainsail furling system called Easy Jack, Ready Jack, or the like. I understand this is a patented system by a smaller manufacturer, possibly in the Northwest U.S. or British Columbia, consisting of a sreies of openable clips around, in this case mainsail, topping lift, and metal rings sewn to the mainsail leach, by battens?, through which is threaded/laced a light line, back and fourth between leech rings and topping lift clips, such that when the sail is hoisted this lacing is slack, and when lowered, tensions up somewhat and draws the leach aft so as to cause the body of the sail to remain somewhat atop the boom, rather than falling off to one side. This isn't the traditional type of lazy jack setup, nor one of the Dutchman/Harken/ Bag on top of the boom arrangments. Think there are some bungee cord assists thrown in as well. I took a couple of fotos of a boat with this system, and the owner didn't have much info as the setup was already on the boat when he bought it. Tried web search under various names, but no luck. Help.
Thanks, cbob
I'm looling for info. regarding a marcony mainsail furling system called Easy Jack, Ready Jack, or the like. I understand this is a patented system by a smaller manufacturer, possibly in the Northwest U.S. or British Columbia, consisting of a sreies of openable clips around, in this case mainsail, topping lift, and metal rings sewn to the mainsail leach, by battens?, through which is threaded/laced a light line, back and fourth between leech rings and topping lift clips, such that when the sail is hoisted this lacing is slack, and when lowered, tensions up somewhat and draws the leach aft so as to cause the body of the sail to remain somewhat atop the boom, rather than falling off to one side. This isn't the traditional type of lazy jack setup, nor one of the Dutchman/Harken/ Bag on top of the boom arrangments. Think there are some bungee cord assists thrown in as well. I took a couple of fotos of a boat with this system, and the owner didn't have much info as the setup was already on the boat when he bought it. Tried web search under various names, but no luck. Help.
Thanks, cbob
I'm looling for info. regarding a marcony mainsail furling system called Easy Jack, Ready Jack, or the like. I understand this is a patented system by a smaller manufacturer, possibly in the Northwest U.S. or British Columbia, consisting of a sreies of openable clips around, in this case mainsail, topping lift, and metal rings sewn to the mainsail leach, by battens?, through which is threaded/laced a light line, back and fourth between leech rings and topping lift clips, such that when the sail is hoisted this lacing is slack, and when lowered, tensions up somewhat and draws the leach aft so as to cause the body of the sail to remain somewhat atop the boom, rather than falling off to one side. This isn't the traditional type of lazy jack setup, nor one of the Dutchman/Harken/ Bag on top of the boom arrangments. Think there are some bungee cord assists thrown in as well. I took a couple of fotos of a boat with this system, and the owner didn't have much info as the setup was already on the boat when he bought it. Tried web search under various names, but no luck. Help.
Thanks, cbob
Meerkat
10-31-2003, 04:20 AM
Could it be a Sail Caddy (http://www.sailcaddy.com/)?
http://www.sailcaddy.com/images/jpegs/open.JPG
[ 10-31-2003, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: Meerkat ]
Meerkat
10-31-2003, 04:20 AM
Could it be a Sail Caddy (http://www.sailcaddy.com/)?
http://www.sailcaddy.com/images/jpegs/open.JPG
[ 10-31-2003, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: Meerkat ]
Meerkat
10-31-2003, 04:20 AM
Could it be a Sail Caddy (http://www.sailcaddy.com/)?
http://www.sailcaddy.com/images/jpegs/open.JPG
[ 10-31-2003, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: Meerkat ]
Meerkat
10-31-2003, 04:28 AM
Ah hah! Methinks I have found it!
E-Z-Jax (http://www.ezjax.com/)
http://store1.yimg.com/I/ezjax_1736_41470
Meerkat
10-31-2003, 04:28 AM
Ah hah! Methinks I have found it!
E-Z-Jax (http://www.ezjax.com/)
http://store1.yimg.com/I/ezjax_1736_41470
Meerkat
10-31-2003, 04:28 AM
Ah hah! Methinks I have found it!
E-Z-Jax (http://www.ezjax.com/)
http://store1.yimg.com/I/ezjax_1736_41470
Meerkat, Maybe what I seek is Ready or Handy Jack? Neither Sail Caddy (scary) nor E Z Jax (looks like traditional) fit the description, metal rings sewn to the leech and topping lift clips is the key on this one.
I don't have what's needed to post fotos, sorry. My friemd saw this up at Port Townsend or Victoria a couple of years ago, and I saw one on a (plastic) Catilana 36 (the owner was not impressed by the amount of stuff swinging around aloft when under sail) a couple of months ago at Santa Catalina where I took the fotos mentioned. I was hoping a sailmaker or rigger might pick up on this one, so far no luck.
Appreciate your response. This is just another of those solutions to problems that wern't a problem before there was a solution.
Later, cbob
Meerkat, Maybe what I seek is Ready or Handy Jack? Neither Sail Caddy (scary) nor E Z Jax (looks like traditional) fit the description, metal rings sewn to the leech and topping lift clips is the key on this one.
I don't have what's needed to post fotos, sorry. My friemd saw this up at Port Townsend or Victoria a couple of years ago, and I saw one on a (plastic) Catilana 36 (the owner was not impressed by the amount of stuff swinging around aloft when under sail) a couple of months ago at Santa Catalina where I took the fotos mentioned. I was hoping a sailmaker or rigger might pick up on this one, so far no luck.
Appreciate your response. This is just another of those solutions to problems that wern't a problem before there was a solution.
Later, cbob
Meerkat, Maybe what I seek is Ready or Handy Jack? Neither Sail Caddy (scary) nor E Z Jax (looks like traditional) fit the description, metal rings sewn to the leech and topping lift clips is the key on this one.
I don't have what's needed to post fotos, sorry. My friemd saw this up at Port Townsend or Victoria a couple of years ago, and I saw one on a (plastic) Catilana 36 (the owner was not impressed by the amount of stuff swinging around aloft when under sail) a couple of months ago at Santa Catalina where I took the fotos mentioned. I was hoping a sailmaker or rigger might pick up on this one, so far no luck.
Appreciate your response. This is just another of those solutions to problems that wern't a problem before there was a solution.
Later, cbob
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