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• Main sail handling questions...
  • Tides Marine Strong Track
  • Another vote for Strong Track
  • Deja Vu all over again
  • Have you tried something as simple as Sailkote?
  • Well...The slugs should slide
    • Cheaper solutions.
      • I have cleaned and lubed the sail track and the slugs...
  • I'm surprised how easily my full batten main comes down, and how it hard it is to go up.
    • That's a bit surprising to me, Tom
      • That's good to hear, Max.
        • 2:1 Halyard
        • Yes, self trailer on the winch
          • I'm enjoying your wifes history tour. Fantastic. Today is the vote!!!
    • I dumped my barient reel winch when I upgraded the genoa primaries to ST
  • An idea......
    • Duh....
      • Wouldn't work...
  • Check your halyard sheave.
    • Sheave is fine....
  • hey there Todd, sailkote may work for a while so I would choose #1...
    • Thanks Rob, the electric winch...
      • Maybe a double-ended mainsheet?
        • Now I get it. That's a good idea.
      • Electric winch for the mainsheet
        • You can dump the sheet on an electric winch just as fast as on any other winch
        • The danger is getting to the sheet winch on the cabin top.
          • My reasons for an electric winch are...
            • Is there any way to move the mainsheet control to the cockpit?
              • It is in the cockpit effectively...
                • Why not go to end boom sheeting?
                  • Dodger is in the way
                    • Can you add a second mainsheet winch on the opposite side?
                      • Here's a mainsheet for a large old Rhodes.
            • We reefed our headsail with the electric winch.
      • I put a 2 speed toggle switch at the helm
        • Nice setup...
          • Todd, a no $ way to get your main down easily.
            • Thanks Dan...