[C320-list] hoisting the main

[Rick From Inflate Co]

I just put new sails and couldn't raise . Bought McLube and sprayed hanks and shaft in mast . Now glides. Probably not same issue, but wow does that stuff work 

Thank you and please excuse any grammatical and/or  typographical  as sent from iPhone.

Rick Portanova | President | CEO
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On Sep 8, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Bruce Heyman <bruceheyman at cox.net> wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
>> Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
>> PERMANENT address:
>>   498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>>   (360) 468-2136
>>   genehelfman at gmail.com
>> 
>> "You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."