We raced yesterday in 20+ knot winds and I found that the Barient 28 self tailing winches were both slipping in the self-tailer making it hard to bring the genoa in all the way. I cannot find a line specification for the Barient, and when I replaced the line a few years ago, I got 7/16 VPC instead of the 1/2” that was original. Is this to be expected in high winds? I found something from Barient that said that the self-tailer was adjustable with spacers, but I can’t find that in the parts diagram I have, so I don’t know if it is true and whether I need to change spacing. I had the same problem with the Barient self-tailing winch we were using for the mainsheet which also now has a slightly down sized VPC. Is VPC just slippery and this is a characteristic of that line? Thanks- Dave
Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
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