[C320-list] Loose Footed Main

[DennyBrowne@Verizon.net]

I found a Catalina 320 Mast Handbook from Charleston Spar in my "boat stuff"
folder recently:

CHARLESTON SPAR
3901 PINE GROVE CIRCLE
CHARLOTTE, NC 28206
(704) 597-1502
FAX (704) 597-0961
WWW.CHARLESTONSPAR.COM

No idea where I got it, but it has a lot of useful information, including
the existence of an outhaul car that appears to run on rollers in the boom
track. It is a simple vertical triangle, with two pairs of pins and rollers
on the bottom (long leg of the triangle) and a single hole, presumably for
the clew shackle, on the top angle where the two short legs connect. I asked
the sail maker, when recently ordering a new main, if I should invest in one
of these. He told me that the slug that runs in the track gets hard to pull
when loaded, but that he'd ordered me a strap that goes around the boom, and
works fine. I'm going to try the strap first, but I'm still a little
intrigued by the car.

OUTHAUL CAR COMPLETE
45003000177
(ROLLERS 40503151168)

Has anyone else tried this?

DENNY BROWNE
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A Cappella #935
Redondo Beach, CA
Denny at DennyBrowne.com



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Heyman
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 10:37 AM
To: Catalina List
Subject: [C320-list] Loose Footed Main

I'm sailing out on Somerset now and just took another look at the slug/slide
for the Mainsail Clew.  On my Charleston spar there is no way that it could
pull out without destroying the spar.
Bruce
Somerset Dana Point (en-rout to Redondo Beach)

Bruce Heyman
(949) 289-8400