That should be fine. Was it always hard to get the sail down?
We have sail slides that run in the mast and she'll drop most of the way without wind loads on the sail. When she doesn't it usually do to sticky spider's nest in the track and it's time to rig up a swab and with some SAILKOTET to get things moving again. You can also lose a sheave at the top of the mast making it very difficult. Besides the force required to raise and lower wear on the halyard's cover is a dead give away. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Commodore, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 7:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: mainsail downhaul I'm trying as best I can to equip my boat so that my wife and I rarely, if ever, have to leave the cockpit. Hence, I plan to install a downhaul line to help in lowering the mainsail without having to go to the mast and manually pull it down (gravity alone does not bring it down). I had planned to attach a line to the headboard, run it through a block at the base of the mast, and on into the cockpit. But I read online (www.sailingcatamarans.com/eclipseatlantic1.htm) that it is good to lead the downhaul line through alternate sail slides so that it doesn't catch in the rigging. Has anyone done that? Any comments would be appreciated. Jeff Sheler s/v Windsome C27TR #6594 Hampton, VA
