[C320-list] Handling the mainsail

[Chris Burti]

I understand that you've tried to fix things, but I
still suspect something more is wrong thant the
alignment of the stopper. I have been makeing
adjustments and even though I still have some excess
friction from an oversized halyard ( I got a deal on a
pre-spliced 7/16" halyard. Cheaper with the hardware
and splice than the bare rope in 3/8"...never again.)
it isn't as hard as all that to raise. In fact, I
don't even use thae winch until the last foot or so to
tighten the luff.

Sailcoat on the slides, blocks on the reef, fine
tuning the slug gate and cleaning all of the sheaves
has made a huge difference. I used to start with the
winch at the top spreader.

--- Irv Grunes <igrunes at comcast.net> wrote:

> We too used to crank our guts out to raise the main.
>

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

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