[C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower

[Richard A. Walker]

MY two cents.

I have not had any problems with the CS product.  However you can have a
problem if the boom is too for below horizontal when you furl or unfurl.  I
keep WindWalker II at 80 degrees.  Also too much tension on the mail halyard
can cause too much friction and make the job very hard.  Also it is
important to come in the wind.

Some of the problems have been caused by a poor commissioning at the time
the boat was new.

Gerry Douglas told me that we ordered the first C-320 with the furling main.
This was 9 years ago. 

Cheers,
 
Dick Walker
C-320 (687) WindWalker II
740 Olive Ave.
Coronado, CA 92118-2136
619.435.8986


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Henderson,
David
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:06 PM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Mainsail Hard to Raise/Lower

Bob, Absolutely.  Feel free to contact me at my e-mail address below.  I
agree that our mutual furling mast problem is likely not of great
interest to most of the readership; however, once again, if anyone else
has experienced this issue, we'd sure appreciate knowing about it.

If anything comes of this that I think would be of interest to the
general list membership, I will report back to the list.

Dave Henderson
Dottie B    #1049

dhender at allstate.com
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:00:07 -0400
From: Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
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Dave:

You've probably already seen my recent posting, referencing my  
conversation with a Charleston Spar tech rep.
Going forward, may I contact you off list?  I don't want to burden  
list members with this issue which may not concern them.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906