It is plastic with twin slots. I saw the same thing in one of the catalogs but carbon foil or something. It has a pre-feeder so the luff rope will feed into it fairly easily. I bought the boat from a fella (for nearly nothing) who didn't seem to know much about anything on the boat who bought it from a serious racer in the Atlanta area. That being the case I can't ask the person I bought it from.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Huhta Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Twin track thingy Jim Bernstorf.....I wonder if that is the "foil" part of a system that the previous owner had and left as part of a roller furling system?? Maybe he took the furler bail off and left the "foils' on ?? Are they aluminum, about one inch plus wide, and about 3/8 inch thick, and run nearly all the way up the forestay? I have what I describe on my C27 TR as obviously part of a furling system by Harken. Jim Huhta S/V "SEA-130" Hull 4402, Sturgeon Bay, WI --- On Sat, 8/16/08, Jim Bernstorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jim Bernstorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: catalina27-talk: Twin track thingy > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 9:34 PM > 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
