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[Chris Burti]

Get 65 feet of high-tech low stretch line with the
core stripped out of the forward 20'. Or, splice 20'
of low stretch 1/4" line to a 3/8" tail.

--- hcreech at comcast.net wrote:

> I'm getting Cloud Chaser ready for her 8th season,
> hard to believe.  it's also amazing how good she
> looks for that period of time.
> Last season I fougt with the roller furling line
> piling at the top of the drum.  I tried everything,
> called Sheaffer for suggestions. I lowered the block
> all the way to the deck, adjusted headstay and
> backstay tension. Although it did not eliminated the
> problem it did get better, it piles up at the very
> end if I'm careful to keep tension on the line. 
> With no tension it piles up immediately.
> My question is, what's the answer?  I think it is
> headstay tension but I don't have a clue as to how
> to judge the proper tension.  If anyone knows the
> answer please share it with me, I don't want to go
> through another year of experimentation.
> 
> Thanks,
> Herb Creech
> Cloud Chaser #606
> 
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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