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[quote=Edchris177]I rig & launch from a dock every day. Hoisting sails while my 5.7 is on a modified seadoo lift would be a really bad idea. I lower the boat off the lift, then walk it around my powerboat, to a 20' dock extension I purpose built for the Cat this spring.
The water is waist deep, & I cannot stand on the bottom & attach the jib, (this is the secondary reason for converting to roller furling). I lay an 8' length of 2x6 across the hulls, just behind  where the bridal wires connect to the stay. I can then walk out, attach the jib shackle & start the zipper. If I have crew they can raise it while I zip. If not I have to be organized & pull halyard while zipping & trying to keep the sail out of the water. So far I have not lost any parts, or fallen in!
In a good breeze the jib is flogging, & the orientation of the dock means that with our predominant winds, as soon as I tie the jib blocks on & take up the slack to stop the flogging it is pulling power. I have two purpose built lines with SS clips attached to the dock, & clip them to two shackles I have installed to the port side of the beams. This controls the boat while I hoist the main. Luckily most of our winds come from within 45* of the bows. Sometimes they are pushing the main against the shrouds, making it harder to raise. Rotating the mast inline with the sail helps. Once I sailed out on jib only, dropped the righting bag over as a sea anchor to keep head to wind, then raised the main. Attaching the S hook from the blocks to the main is the last thing I do. Leaving the sail free to swing is good. I learned this the hard way.
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Here is a photo just after rigging, seadoo lift is at bottom right<em>edited by: Edchris177, Aug 25, 2010 - 09:09 PM</em> [/quote]

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