Re: Sail slugs on my p-15

Jeff Goller (gollerj@home.com)
Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:43:41 -0400

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I noticed the thread about sail slugs.
I put sail slugs on my P-15 about 3 weeks ago. I did it after
calling a local sailmaker and discussing it. He recommended 24"
intervals and was willing to install them for $5 per slug (parts and
labor included.) He recommended placing grommets to keep the sail from
tearing. I went out and bought a grommet kit and the slug parts at
West Marine and did it myself. Took me one evening, and I would never
want to go back to the way it was. Now I can douse/raise the main sail
in seconds by myself from the cockpit. (I also sprayed the track with
lubricant which makes the slugs run like lightning (pun intended)).

Jeff Goller
P-15# 2069, "At Long Last"
Charleston, SC

"There are things a man will tell his bartender, that he would never
tell his physician..." Quoted from Dr. Mark Piper

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