[C320-list] Garhauer Easy Glide Adjustable Genoa Cars

[Bruce Heyman]

Hi All,
We did this upgrade many years ago and love it.  As we did it a long time ago we have the ball bearings.   It was not that hard, just needed to be careful.  I've got the plates that they were shipped on just in case I need to take them off for some reason.  We do not have a back haul rigged but do have bungie cords that got from the car to a small block on the tail end and back to the car.  This is not a perfect solution but works most of the time.  It does need to be replaced every once and a while as I have not found any cord that does a good job standing up to the UV.
The ability to easily move the car certainly improved our ability to trim the sail.
Best,
Bruce

Bruce Heyman
Somerset #671   San Pedro (LA) California

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Doug Treff via C320-list
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2023 10:47 AM
To: Jeff Hare <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Cc: Doug Treff <doug at treff.us>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Garhauer Easy Glide Adjustable Genoa Cars

Scott,

I have the same setup. I took the bitter end of the line and tied it to the car, then I keep the loop of the control line in the cockpit so I can pull the car in either direction. It works well for me.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Sun, Mar 12, 2023, at 12:44 PM, surprise thompson87.com via C320-list wrote:
> I’ve been very happy with mine but I would not characterize them as 
> moving smoothly under load. I always need to ease the sheets somewhat.
> Furthermore they will not move aft from just the pressure of the sheet. 
> I attached the bitter end of the control line to the car so that I had 
> something to pull it aft with. Unless there is a newer model with 
> bearings for the track (ie like the traveler) plan on easing the 
> sheets when adjusting.
>
>> On Mar 11, 2023, at 6:41 PM, Troy Dunn via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote: