[C320-list] Sail slides

[Steve Magennis]

I don't know about the '99 boats, but in '02, Catalina used Charleston
spars on the 320.  I doubt that they would mix a Charleston boom and an
Isomat mast, so your boat probably has a Charleston Spar mast as well
as the Charleston Spar boom.

Apparently, Catalina is now using Selden masts and booms.

Steve
Alchemist #909
 
--- Dave Anderer <danderer at udel.edu> wrote:

> The sails on our '99 weren't in bad shape, but were somewhat  
> mildewed.  The local loft washed them last winter and that didn't  
> impact the stains much.
> 
> This winter I sent them to Sail Care (http://www.sailcare.com/).  I'm
>  
> normally skeptical of approaches like this, but I've had sails they  
> worked on before (done by the previous owner on my previous boat) and
>  
> the result were real good.
> 
> I got the sails back a couple weeks ago and went to bend them on  
> today.  They look great.  Sail Care also did a lot of work I didn't  
> know they'd do - replacing the velcro on the batten pockets and  
> replacing the headboard, for example.  They also replaced all the  
> slides on the main with beautiful new articulating (SS?) slides.
> 
> Unfortunately, these new slides are the wrong size.  They're too big 
> 
> for the slot on the mast.
> 
> I expect Sail Care will handle this w/o problem, but I want to know  
> what the right kind of slides are.  The manual suggests it is an  
> Isomat spar though it has a Charleston Spars sticker on the boom. The
>  
> likely Isomat candidates (http://www.rigrite.com/Spars/Isomat_Spars/ 
> Isomat_Masts/isomat_Mast_Specs_&_Comp.html#Isomat_Mast_Sections) seem
>  
> to all specify "3/4" flat slides (A006M)".
> 
> Doing a quick web search for those turns up http://www.sail- 
> making.com/dbimgs/page78_79_80us.pdf, which says the A006M has a  
> waist of 3/8".  The slot on the mast only measured 3/16" wide today, 
> 
> so something isn't right.
> 
> So, what is the mast section on my boat, and what are the proper
> slides?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dave
> Meanderer II
> #642
> 
> (For the curious, the new/wrong slides can be seen at
> http://udel.edu/ 
> ~danderer/sailcare.jpg)
> 
> 


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