[C320-list] Handling the mainsail

[Chris Burti]

There is an alternative. Go to your local industrial
supply store, buy a Milwaukee industrial 18v 1/2"
right-angle drill (about $320 around here) and a winch
adapter on eBay for $20. For #350 you now have a $1300
power winch.
cb

--- "Joseph C. Fratantoni" <jcfrat at comcast.net> wrote:

>   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)
> 
> 


Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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