Add me as another fan of the Strong track. I have one on my boat and it makes it easy to get the main up.
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Terry pearson <tvpear...@mchsi.com> wrote: > Well Bill, that make perfect sense, as I couldn't figure out what type of > slide would fit that groove. And no one at the sail club had a clue either. > Ive been looking at those Tide Strong tracks but didn't want to cough up > the money, looks like a have a good reason to invest in one now! Won't the > wife be happy! > On Mar 25, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Bill Bina <billb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > That sounds like the original C&C (Cinkel) mast insert. They get brittle > and start cracking. Sooner or later, you may end up with a sail that will > not come down, because a cracked sliver has wedged against a slide. The > groove in that mast was not designed or shaped to be used without that > insert, and the insert is absolutely no longer available. If you find one > used, it will be as brittle as what you have. The hot setup is to replace > it with a tides strong track, which, as others have mentioned, is a great > upgrade. Many C&C's now sport a Tides Marine Strong Track. If you are > trying to spend more money, Harken makes a more complicated system for 3 > times the cost of the Tides that does not work appreciably better. > > > > Bill Bina > > > > > > On 3/25/2014 1:06 PM, Terry pearson wrote: > >> Its not a strong track, i wish it were. it fits inside the internal > grove on my mast, Ive searched the internet and have not been able to > identify what it is. its a white plastic liner that fits inside the > internal mast groove. Its is getting brittle and has broken off several > times on the lower edge, creating all kinds of problems. my groove is round > yet has a flat groove on the outer edge of the internal round groove, if > that makes sense. I'm at the point now that I'm considering ordering > several flat and round slugs to see what fits. Dwight, I'm taking that your > using flat slides, what does your mast groove look like? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Terry > >> On Mar 25, 2014, at 10:19 AM, dwight <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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