I Found the best telltales are made from reel to reel recording tape. Attach the tape as though it were streaming forward. Then when you are sailing the tape will stream aft, and it won't lie flat against the sail, preventing it from sticking.
Alan On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 8:59 AM Matt Janssen via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Randy, > > On most race boats i've been on, the standby is coating the telltale in > McLube or a similar dry silicone lubricant. > > However, this does not work for my laminated No 1. The edge of the > panels/stitching always seemed to catch the yarn. This causes pulls in the > yarn further exacerbating the problem. This was especially true near the > telltale windows. > > I only had success after swapping the yarn tell tales for a lightweight > nylon material. The ones from Robship worked well for me. > https://www.amazon.com/Robship-Telltale-Dinghy-Small-Multi/dp/B09SZM291Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Robship&qid=1677599220&sr=8-1 > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Robship-Telltale-Dinghy-Small-Multi/dp/B09SZM291Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Robship&qid=1677599220&sr=8-1__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!oPgNgknZgpGfSRlgXp8at_BTMwhMpjsy4BGJOg_DzKpcmL63TWFkbq7xNEDLlS4FZsI_W1aY8gRiNRwb7OeP_9s$> > > For the tells I did not swap, I trimmed their length to keep the tell from > snagging on the stitching. I only needed to trim 1" to 1.5". > > If your issue is mostly moisture or static, McLube or similar may work. > > If you have a laminate or dark colored sail, whatever you do, resist the > urge to coat the sail itself. Frustrated at a regatta last year i did just > this... and had to live with unsightly white clouds on the sail. Adding > insult to injury, the tells were stuck again by the windward mark. (see > lower window > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_JV5m7GotW-u_GoR8uGU9ShLJNpUlDAb/view?usp=sharing__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!oPgNgknZgpGfSRlgXp8at_BTMwhMpjsy4BGJOg_DzKpcmL63TWFkbq7xNEDLlS4FZsI_W1aY8gRiNRwbXeFyffk$> > ) > > matt > Eduam > C&C 27 MkV > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:17 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Listers- >> >> What, in your experience, has been the best treatment to apply to >> telltales to keep them from sticking from sails? I’m talking mostly about >> yarn telltales along a headsail’s luff, but also ripstop nylon telltales on >> a mainsail’s leech? I’ve noticed that sometimes yarn telltales will stick >> due to static or moisture. I’d like to find the right magic potion or >> pixie dust to apply to give them the greatest ability possible to fly >> without sticking. Then, making them fly properly is of course up to the >> crew. >> >> Cheers, >> Randy >> Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and >> help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: >> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!oPgNgknZgpGfSRlgXp8at_BTMwhMpjsy4BGJOg_DzKpcmL63TWFkbq7xNEDLlS4FZsI_W1aY8gRiNRwb4G89XjY$> >> Thanks for your help. >> Stu > > Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and > help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!oPgNgknZgpGfSRlgXp8at_BTMwhMpjsy4BGJOg_DzKpcmL63TWFkbq7xNEDLlS4FZsI_W1aY8gRiNRwb4G89XjY$ > Thanks for your help. > Stu
Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
