Re: Sail slides and battens

From: happy life skills foundation (hapilife@efn.org)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 08:42:50 PST


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you are not wasting any time messing about with that cute little yellow
kenmorian boat, ken!

the problems you describe are what have kept me from using slugs on my 15
(1988). i have found if you point head to wind the bolt rope works great!
some people use some lube on the mast slide every so often but i haven't
needed to and i've been out over 100 times since last may...

ken silverman (the other ken in kenmore)

On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Ken Preston wrote:

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> The first modification I made to my old-but-new-to me P-15 was to add a
> reefing arrangement. Second was sail slides (the bolt rope arrangement
> stuck both directions every use). Now she goes up and down nicely, but I'm
> not convinced I put them (the slides) in all the right places. In
> particular, I have the heel of the "gaff" batten unsupported by sail slides.
> With the haliard a little slack the thrust down the batten clearly is
> pushing the boltrope forward. Tight haliard takes care of the problem, but
> should I have a pair of slides maybe immediately above and below the heel of
> the batten?
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> Dead calm here this weekend, but mighty warm. Breeze Please?
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> Thanks,
> Ken P
> P-15 #1063, Bainbridge Is.,WA
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