Either that or have him put the slugs on a tack line. My cruising main has
that. The slugs stop 8-10 inches above the boom but the tack line allows
enough slack for the cringle to pull down to the gooseneck.
Dennis C.
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> From: Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us>
>To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <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
>of the rings over the horn when reefing
>
>
>
>--Jonathan
>Indigo - 35-III
>
>On Nov 17, 2012, at 17:51, Eric Frank <efran...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>
>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 assumed
>that was normal, but the sailmaker commented that it made it more difficult to
>set a reef. The cringle for the reef point at the tack does not go low enough
>to go over the hook at the forward end of the boom, so I always need to use a
>short length of line to make this connection. If the sail track were lower,
>the slides on the sail would be lower so this connection could be made without
>the line. The other nuisance of having all the track slides so high is that
>it is hard to reach all the way to the head of the sail to attach and detach
>the main halyard, and to pull the sail cover over the head of the sail.
>>
>>
>>Is it standard on CC's of this vintage to have the sail track start so high?
>>Would it be OK just to leave the bottom 2 or 3 sail slides not in the track,
>>so the furled sail would be lower and the reef point could be connected
>>directly to the cunningham hook (is that the name of it?). Or should I look
>>into the possibility of having a short length of sail track machined and bolt
>>it into the flat of the mast between the boom and the bottom of the existing
>>track, leaving just enough room to feed the sail slides into the track when
>>bending on the mainsail?
>>
>>
>>Suggestions welcome.
>>
>>Eric Frank
>>Cat's Paw
>>C&C 35 Mk II
>>Mattapoisett, MA
>>
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