My diminutive wife LOVES our Strong Track. She feels like a real sailor
now that she can quickly raise the main most of the way before switching
to the winch for the last little bit. The company was VERY helpful on
the phone when I had a few questions about measuring properly. They have
a little kit of plastic gauges that they will send you. I think they now
charge a deposit for the kit, but apply it towards your purchase.
Bill Bina
On 3/25/2014 1:32 PM, Terry pearson 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
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