[C320-list] hoisting the main

[Bruce Heyman]

Sounds like you may have a tangle inside the mast.  Halyards can some time run foul of other halyards or wires.  You might try attaching a down haul to your halyard and then see if you can get a full hoist without the sail.
Bruce
Somerset Dana Point, CA

Bruce Heyman
(949) 289-8400

Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:

>We are having a b#*!ch of a time getting the main all the way up.  We can't
>get the last foot or so without putting tremendous strain on the winch,
>even when I'm standing at the mast and pulling down hard on the halyard.
> We've checked and rechecked all the possible countering forces (Dutchman,
>reefing lines, vang, outhaul, main sheet) and loosening them doesn't seem
>to help, nor does spraying silicon spray on the sail lugs.  I hate sailing
>around with scallops in my sail.  Any suggestions?
>
>gene
>Satori
>1997 #398
>
>ps/just back from a month long cruise up into Desolation Sound, BC. 323 nm
>(363 statute miles).  Boat behaved beautifully; better than we did. We love
>our 320.
>
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>Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
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