[C320-list] Sail slides

Wed Apr 18 09:47:08 PDT 2007

Pat,
You just undid two therapy sessions with my shrink!  The crow's decided that my mast was the place for them but the anomometer and wind vane bothered them so they removed it!
Two trips up the mast and another boat buck to Raymarine and it is back to normal.
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Moriarty <patm at psiurethanes.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:36:51 
To:C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.org>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides

The birds take them from the top of the mast and build nest in your Windex.

Pat
#130

At 09:37 AM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>What happens to the cotton balls?  It seems they would clog up the 
>track in a few years.
>Mike
>#171
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cburti at yahoo.com
>To: c320-list at catalina320.org
>Sent: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 1:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides
>
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>I spray both sides of the slides with the extention tube to keep from wasting
>lube. I stick a saturated cotton ball in the track above the top 
>slide and run
>the main up. Usually twice a year.
>
>Chris Burti
>"Commitment"
>Catalina 320, #867,
>Farmville, NC
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: mike hunter <popotladreaming at yahoo.com>
>To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:53:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides
>
>
>What is the best way to apply Sailkote on the slides/track?
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>charles walsh <chazw199 at msn.com> wrote:
>   I'm going to try it this year. Never did before as the 
> installer/dealer was
>adamant about not spraying anything on the track or slides. At this point I
>figure I don't have much to lose.
>
>Charlie Walsh
>Windrifter #317
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com
>To: Catalina 320 List
>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides
>
>
>Have you uused MacLube sailcote on the slides/track?
>----------------------------------
>Regards,
>OD
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "charles walsh" [chazw199 at msn.com]
>Sent: 04/16/2007 11:35 AM
>To: "C320-List" >
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides
>
>I also went with the Strong Track system a couple of years ago and 
>the sail is
>no easier to raise now then it was before. The sail falls a bit 
>faster but you
>still have to be directly into the wind for a quick fall. The 
>Milwaukee cordless
>right angle drill should do the job. I read that you can lift a person up the
>mast (according to weight) with the Milwaukee drill. I have used a Craftsman
>19.2 volt to lift the main the past few years with fair success but the
>batteries go bad fast.
>
>Charlie Walsh
>Windrifter #317
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Barry Fahrer>
>To: C320-List>
>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 1:15 PM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides
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>I went with the Strong Track system two years ago, on the advice of my
>sailmaker who assured me that for the extra $1k my new sail would fly up the
>mast. It's possible that the new sail is that much heavier than the stock
>Catalina, or I have become that much weaker as the years have rolled on, but
>I have a hard time with the last 2-3 feet of sail hoist. This year if it
>ever stops raining and gets above 45F, I'm going to try the Milwaukee
>cordless right angle drill to raise the sail and haul in the jib.
>BARRY --... ...--
>TRANSIT C-320 # 126
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Anderer" >>
>To: "C320-List" >>
>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Sail slides
>
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> > Thanks.
> >
> > Talked to Sail Care and it seems they converted the sail for the Strong
> > Track system. (They say they do this for a number of 320s - convert
> > them, that is, not accidently convert them.)
> >
> > Their attitude here seems very good. They've offered to fix the sail (no
> > charge, priority shipping, etc) or supply the rest of the pieces for the
> > Strong Track system for a real good price.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with that system? http://
> > www.sailcare.com/newcatalog/LGSHTML/strongtrack&slideLG.shtml>
> >
> >
> > On Apr 16, 2007, at 9:41 AM, Pat Moriarty wrote:
> >
> >> Charleston spar
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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