[C320-list] Handling the mainsail

[Barry Fahrer]

I was going to save up some $ and buy the furling boom, but the sailmaker 
suggested the strong track would make raising the sail easy and would save 
me $4k.  He was not correct.  The last 5+- feet of the uphaul are really 
tough going.  although the performance of the new mainsail is great, so far 
I regret not going with the furling boom.  I recently bought a sears 19v 
right angle cordless drill for a project at home and I will try that to see 
if it is easier to raise the main
BARRY --... ...--
TRANSIT C-320 # 126