[C320-list] hoisting the main

[joenopain at verizon.net]

   Is the main halyard twisted with the topping lift?
   Going under it?
   Just a thought.
   Joe


   On 09/08/13, Irving Grunes<igrunes at gmail.com> wrote:

   Until you get the halyard problem solved, have you used the cunningham
   to
   tighten the luff.
   If not I would sail with a reef until you get the problem solved.
   Irv Grunes
   2001 #851
   On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Gene Helfman <[1]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
   > [2]genehelfman at gmail.com
   >
   > "You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."
   >

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