Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

Tim, I have a double fixed gate made out of stainless held in place with machine screws. Don't know who made them. I had the same problem with slugs pulling out, but a block of wood and a hammer fixed it. Joel 35/3 The Office Annapolis On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Tim Goodyear wrote: >

Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

I like it - has anyone used them? I installed an aluminium version made from carpet edging extrusion a couple of years ago. It worked great for the first year, but some overenthusiastic crew work bent them last year and now the slugs occassionally come out. I love having the stack a foot lower a

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Alan Bergen wrote: I tried doing what Bill suggested, adding metal strips to narrow the gap, but the slugs bent the stainless strips out of shape, and the slugs pulled free of the mast. I mounted the strips with five screws, and that still wasn't enough to prevent the strips from bending. The

Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

I tried doing what Bill suggested, adding metal strips to narrow the gap, but the slugs bent the stainless strips out of shape, and the slugs pulled free of the mast. I mounted the strips with five screws, and that still wasn't enough to prevent the strips from bending. The wide opening in my ma

Re: Stus-List missing sail track?

-Original Message- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Wally Bryant Sent: November 18, 2012 7:36 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List missing sail track? Eric - I think it's common for that spar, and always assumed that the mast was desig

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Eric - I think it's common for that spar, and always assumed that the mast was designed for a rope luff. A lot of folks have made a cover for the slot to keep the slides in the track. I did this: Fiberglass turned out to

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Sam Salter wrote: Your talking about a mast gate - like this: http://www.beneteau235.com/f235_mods-mast_gate.htm sam :-) On 2012-11-17, at 8:32 PM, Bill Connon wrote: Sam, That looks even better than the one that I hatched up! Bill Caprice 1 - C&C 36 New Richmond, Qc. ___

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Your talking about a mast gate - like this: http://www.beneteau235.com/f235_mods-mast_gate.htm sam :-) On 2012-11-17, at 8:32 PM, Bill Connon wrote: > Alan Bergen wrote: >> Eric: >> >> The track on my boat is similar to yours. When I reef, I remove the pin >> that keeps the slugs from droppin

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Alan Bergen wrote: Eric: The track on my boat is similar to yours. When I reef, I remove the pin that keeps the slugs from dropping off the track, slack the halyard allowing the slugs to drop out of the track, attach the reefing cringle to the "horns" at the forward end of the boom, and tig

Re: Stus-List missing sail track?

, 17 Nov 2012 22:51:51 - (UTC) Subject: Stus-List missing sail track? When I was having measurements taken for a new mainsail, the sailmaker commented that the sail track on my 1972 CC 35 mk2 begins nearly a foot above the boom. The sail track is obviously cast into the aluminum mast, but has

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Of Alan Bergen Sent: November 17, 2012 8:44 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track Eric: The track on my boat is similar to yours. When I reef, I remove the pin that keeps the slugs from dropping off the track, slack the halyard allowing the slugs to drop out of the

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y to alter the track on the mast. Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Eric Frank Sent: November 17, 2012 6:52 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List missing sail tr

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om: Alan Bergen To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track Eric: The track on my boat is similar to yours. When I reef, I remove the pin that keeps the slugs from dropping off the track, slack the halyard allowing th

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I have a stainless plate that screws onto the mast and fills the space. It allows the slides to slide all the way down (usually). Joel Sent from my iPad On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Alan Bergen wrote: Eric: The track on my boat is similar to yours. When I reef, I remove the pin that keeps th

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Eric: The track on my boat is similar to yours. When I reef, I remove the pin that keeps the slugs from dropping off the track, slack the halyard allowing the slugs to drop out of the track, attach the reefing cringle to the "horns" at the forward end of the boom, and tighten the main halyard

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t;cnc-list@cnc-list.com" >Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 5:33 PM >Subject: Re: Stus-List missing sail track? > > >Easy solution. Have the sailmaker stitch a couple of stainless steel rings >either end of a strop of webbing that goes through the reef cringle. Put one >

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Easy solution. Have the sailmaker stitch a couple of stainless steel rings either end of a strop of webbing that goes through the reef cringle. Put one of the rings over the horn when reefing -- Jonathan Indigo - 35-III On Nov 17, 2012, at 17:51, Eric Frank wrote: > When I was having measure

Stus-List missing sail track?

When I was having measurements taken for a new mainsail, the sailmaker commented that the sail track on my 1972 CC 35 mk2 begins nearly a foot above the boom. The sail track is obviously cast into the aluminum mast, but has been machined away so it begins well above the boom. I had always assum