[C320-list] Stack Pack purchased from Cheasapeake Sails

[Rod Boer]

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From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of RONALD HODEL
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 10:03 PM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stack Pack purchased from Cheasapeake Sails

I had the Tides Marine strong track system on my Catalina 30. It was AWESOME I had the sailmaker make it so that I could reef from the cockpit without losing the slides out of the track. 
Ron Hodel
Lokomaikai #1070


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> On Oct 26, 2020, at 6:55 PM, Mark Calisti <mjcalisti at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Rod,
> 
> Great timing to bring this back up again as I literally just got a quote today from Chesapeake Sailmakers for their EZ Main Cover system. They said they have done several 320s in the MD area, so looks like you were one of them Did you get the Tides Marine strong track system installed? 
> 
> They also quoted for a new Elvstrom cruising main although we are considering the cruising/racing sail they offer. Still sailing with the original.
> 
> Any thoughts you (and Mark) may have on their version of the Doyle Stack Pack would be appreciated (I think Chesapeake might have been affiliated with Doyle at some point, but not sure).

I originally contacted the folks at Doyle at one of the boat shows.  One of the requirements was that I ship my sail to New York or I think the other place was in Florida. I did not feel comfortable with that.  Thank
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark Calisti
> 749
> Solomons, MD
> 
>> On Oct 26, 2020, at 12:39 PM, Rod Boer <rod.boer1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mark,
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your response!
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
>> Behalf Of mark at thehagertys.org
>> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 11:25 AM
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stack Pack purchased from Cheasapeake Sails
>> 
>> Rod - this is what I sent you on Oct 8, might not have made the trip:
>> 
>> Hi Rod -
>> 
>> As I recall, I untied the lazy jacks from the stack pack (tying them off to one of the shrouds), slid all the guides off the luff, unhooked the tack and clew, then slid the whole enchilada off toward the bow. >From there we slide it into the cockpit and down through the companionway.
>> 
>> Hope this helps - I don’t think I’ve left anything out. A
>> 
>> Cheers, and stay safe
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Oct 26, 2020, at 10:57 AM, Rod Boer <rod.boer1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Earlier in the year before August, I purchased a Stack Pack from 
>>> Chesapeake Sails.  The product was very good, but I had already made 
>>> the decision that I was not going to be sailing this year.  The boat 
>>> is 20 years old and I decided I was going to repair and upgrade were 
>>> it made sense. My microwave died last fall, I  had purchased a new 
>>> i60 Analogue wind instrument.  So as I approached haul out I 
>>> realized that I had to remove all of the stuff that was in the Stack 
>>> Pack in order to put the winter boat covers on the boat.  I will 
>>> need to remove all the lines on the stack pack and tie them to the lines forward of the mast.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In the spring I remember getting an email from someone on this list 
>>> that indicated that they were able to pull the entire stack pack off 
>>> the boat intact.
>>> 
>>> Frankly I never gave the winterized boat canvas cover a thought 
>>> through the summer.  Any advice on removing  stack pack would be 
>>> welcome. If I can slide the whole device off would be great!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rod Boer
>>> 
>>> C320, Odyssey, 688    
>> 
Hi Mark: One thing I am still Curious about is , were you able to keep the sail along with the battens in the stack pack when you moved it to the boat?