Can anyone give me an idea how to lower the main while on the water? I've already rode over a dock and up a concrete ramp sailing downwind in medium air. I've finally figured out that I can stop the boat doing a 180 into the wind, but I'd read somewhere that I could drop the main on the water. Because of the angle necessary, I cannot seem to get the lock lug disengaged to lower the main except while finally docked, but at this point it creates a handling problem as the wind is never directly into the dock and the main tries to swing or tip the boat in medium to heavy air. Unfortunately, I have no beaches where I'm sailing, only rocks.
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