Brillant! I'm doing that this evening :-) Both my main and genoa will go up without a winch / go down by gravity. But easier is better. I've been sort of trying to figure another way to do it without going up the mast.. Now I know.
BTW, Last year I had my sail guy replace my ruined adjustable batten system with new Sailman adjustable batten boxes. No change to anything else but the slides are self lubing I believe they are Teflon impregnated and it worked wonders. Also, the adjustable batten boxes allow pre-loading the full length battens on my main and basically give a "base' flat or deeper draft shape . It's a bonus to force a little extra belly in the main for more power in that 5-12 knot wind range. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA --> Subject: Re: Stus-List Main sail slides --> Message-ID: <13235cfe-941d-42d9-b169-79bc09b50...@thethomsons.us> --> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" --> My sail-maintenance guy taught me a great trick with regard to the main (and Genoa track). He gave me a slide for the track which I tie --> to the main halyard and to a recovery line and then wrap with lint free cloth - tied in place. I then soak the lint free cloth with --> --> Mclube and run it up and down the track. Cleans and lubes the track. My main drops by itself - and can be jumped at the mast very easily!! -- --> Jonathan --> Indigo C&C 35III --> SOUTHPORT CT
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