I'm doing dryland gybe practise as part of rehab.
I'm leaving the 7m Turbo rigged in the garage. I've let the outhaul and downhaul off a fair bit but the cams are still on the mast.
Is this ok or will it damage the sail?
If it's an issue I'll take them off. I'll be using the sail very few days.

They do load up a little bit of pressure where they sit.

Personally I'd put some tape on the mast where they sit just for safety. If the tape wears out just replace it.

why not use an old small non cammed sail for your practice, if you have one lying around?. I would agree with above that leaving cams in on but without other tension probably isn't great for loading up parts of the sail in ways that aren't intended

Yes it's probably more stress on the battens than anything else

I rang the Severne shop in WA to get some advice. They said let the downhaul off about half but leave a bit of outhaul on. The cams are ok left on as long as there is a bit of outhaul. Rotate the mast around occasionally so it doesn't get a bend and all should be good.

Yep correct..the mast will take on a permanent bend

Mmm I think I'll play it safe and take it down..grr more work..I suppose I have to do it if I sail.

^^^ rigging is my winter sport.


it goes something like this:

trees rustle outside.


Subsonic packs up the wet wetsuit (still wet from last week.) and drives to the beach/river.

Subsonic arrives at beach. No wind to speak of. Sit around for a half hour twiddling thumbs

7knot gust. Almost enough for the foil, better get rigged.

gear rigged, wind gone. Begin tweaking gear.


here comes some rain, still no wind. Jump in van for 10min.

get out of van. Gear soaked, still no wind.

pack gear up and head home. Re hang wet wetsuit again ready for next week.


standard winter play for me.

Imax1 said..
Rigging is a kind of rehab.

Yep but boring..
When I first tried to get back into sailing I had trouble. We split it up. One day I had to pull the required board and gear out of the van and put it back .
Rig up the next .
Get into my wetsuit and harness the next and then gradually add tasks to build up my wrist.
I found the first time I tried sailing ( prior to this) the
body / wrist couldn't cope with driving 2hrs, rigging, getting into the gear, carrying it into the water, sailing and reverse.