Re: Got any spare sail track?

ttursine (ttursine@gnt.net)
Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:51:36 -0500

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> IMHO, a slippery piece of 7/64" Spectra at about $0.40 works *better* than
> a track,

but if you're like me, years of changing things have left so many
fittings on the boom that a loop can move no more than 2" before
encountering an impediment. I use track, a cheap slide, and a *very*
small, 5:1 purchase tackle for the outhaul. No problems.

Regards,
Bill Combs
WWP 19 #439 (Aug 1987)
"Ursa Minor"
Fort Walton Beach FL
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