The previous owner of my boat had a twin track thing up front that the luff of the jib or genoa slides up so it doesn't need hanks. Does anyone out there have any experience using one of those? I tried to find the official name for it in the APS catalog where I had seen it earlier but couldn't find it right off. My question relates to lowering the sail. I love the way the sail is held to the stay without the possibility of wrinkles or anything but it will not drop when the halyard is released. If there is any wind at all on the sail I have to go all the way to the front of the boat and pull the sail down at the luff. Pulling anywhere behind that doesn't bring it down because it is pulling away from the stay and not down the stay (because of the angle). That makes single handing pretty awkward (but not impossible). I picked up a length of rope to use as a down haul but it ended up too short so I couldn't use it. However after tying it on I wondered if it would work anyway since pulling on it would pull the top six inches that is not in that slide thing down over itself and probably hang up the thing anyway. I guess this is set up for racing since the previous owner seems to have installed everything he could with marking numbers everywhere and way more halyards than I will ever need!
I don't have the money at this point to put on a furler unit which would be the obvious answer but I am curious if this is a racing set up how racers handle it. Jim Jim Bernstorf Jules Distribution 6025 Cloverland Drive Brentwood, TN 37027 615.833.1848
