[C320-list] Handling the mainsail
Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
Tue Jul 25 23:04:49 PDT 2006
If you have a person at the mast and someone else at the winch, there's absolutely no problem in raising the main....keep the slides lubricated, that helps a bunch....
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From: "charles walsh" [chazw199 at msn.com]
Sent: 07/25/2006 04:57 PM
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Handling the mainsail
I have the same problem and even installed the Strong Mast Track System. It did not help and was a waste of money. I think the problem is the full batten main and the blocks leading the main halyard back to the cockpit which create a lot of friction. I plan on buying a regular mainsail in the future which should eliminate a lot of the weight in raising the mainsail. An electric winch is the way to go but they are very expensive.
Charlie Walsh
Windrifter #317
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph C. Fratantoni<mailto:jcfrat at comcast.net>
To: c320-list at catalina320.org<mailto:c320-list at catalina320.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:00 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Handling the mainsail
My wife and I handle Winter Whim (# 211) on our own most of the time and
are finding that managing the mainsail is becoming more and more difficult
as our medicare benefits kick in. The major effort is in raising the sail -
I wrote last year about power winches and the major opinion was to
lubricate the sail slugs, which worked fairly well. We are comfortable with
the Dutchman and dropping the sail is not a problem. Reefing certainly is.
With that as background, the issue is that I am looking a aftermarket
mainsail furling and at Battcar-type systems to ease the sail slug problem.
Is there any experience out there with either?
Joe and Pauline Fratantoni
Rockville, MD
Winter Whim (# 211)
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