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When I am done sailing and want to lower the sail I again turn into the wind and hove to. I then start the motor and put it in neutral, I then just release the release the halyard cams and the sail mostly comes down without any effort from me, but at times I have to give it a little tug. It is here again that the McLube helps. I put one or two sail ties on to keep the sail together and head for the dock. 

I have found, maybe because I'm right handed, that I can steer better from the port and handle the raising and lowering of the sail better from the starboard side. 

The photo shows one of the canvas buckets I use to hold the peak halyard I have since gotten another one and use it for the throat halyard. 

Keep the sail up and the centerboard down, 

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