Pop, down, but still up.

[Sundowner]

Popped the head of the genoa on a Saturday. The sail had a web strap that attached the halyard. Strap broke, sail came down, halyard stayed up.
I was going to wait until winter to take the sail in to replace/repair the U/V protection (furling), but now it is in the sail shop. Having a "ring" sewn in this time. One week, $175.00, and I get to go up the mast what a deal. It's a shame both of my boy just left for college.
I don't even know why we had them.

[John K]

I don't even know why we had them.

LOL, that's funny. A good friend of mine had to hoist a young man up the mast of his Catalina Sunday. Apparently a less experienced crew member was bagging his headsail in the dark and mistook the halyard for a sheet and pulled it all the way out. Then, my other friend broke his wire/rope halyard when hoisting his head sail shortly thereafter (the line was old). So, for a while, my boat was the only one in our group that was fully operational. Good luck!

[Sundowner]

I thought my wife said, "your not going up there?"
I said, "sure I am".
She said, NO, YOUR NOT GOING UP THERE!"
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a question and a statement.
Fortunately for me I have my wife around to help clear things up.

Don't tell her, but I AM going up there. She just want be around when I do.

Just imagine what kind of a boat I could have if there weren't two boys in college at the same time.

[Capt. Bondo]

Is there a tall bridge you can get close to
or it could be time for mast stepping practice.