Jeff,
The downhaul doesn't have to attach to the highest car / slide
it depends on your particular mast groove.
Pulling the bottom half of the main will help it fall also.
When pulling the highest slide the chance of the slides bunching up
increases.Try different heights.
Good luck
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffery L. Sheler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: mainsail downhaul
That sounds easy enough. Thanks, Pat.
Jeff Sheler
s/v Windsome
C27TR #6594
Hampton, VA
At 11:01 AM 6/16/2006, you wrote:
Jeff,
I have a line ( 1/8 / 3/16 ) attached to the highest car ( nylon
thingy ) in the mast slot to a block on the mast step plate
thru deck organizer to cockpit. At first I attached to the headboard and
it would bind, uneven pull coming down.
I use it every time I douse the main. I have never had it foul in the
rigging. I have a number of times forgot to uncoil the
downhaul line before raising the main and have it catch in the cockpit. I
have used it for 2 full seasons without any glitches
other than raising
Pat Ford
Seabiscuit 3692
Port Washington, WI
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery L. Sheler"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:29 AM
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
