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I did not realize that most charter boats do not have the lazy jacks rigged so they can be pulled forward and out of the way.

I have almost always sailed older vessels and have rigged lazy jacks often. I always pull them forward to the mast to raise the main and left them that way until I wanted to drop the main. They have no use underway and on long trips will actually chafe the sail.