Hi All,
I have an E35/3 with a Kenyon (sp?) mast. I tried furling the main at the dock yesterday & ran into a problem. The first reef is no problem, main drops, and first cringle goes around the gooseneck hook at base of mast without difficulty. 2nd reef is a problem. When I tried to lower the sail to get the second reef cringle on the gooseneck hook, the lower slides in the track standing on top of one another was too tall to get the cringle onto the hook. The only way to get the cringle low enough is to drop the retainer pin/plate down to the bottom of the track- which essentially opens the gate (used for taking the sail off). The problem with this is that now 3 or 4 of the slides easily come right out of the sail track - including slide which lines up with the bottom full batten. I can see this would be a real problem trying to do this in a heavy breeze. In these conditions I can see the wind catching the luff of the sail with 3 or 4 slides out of the track. Has anyone else experienced this problem? The only things I can think of is filing down the lower slides so they don't stand as tall.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Steve Gabbott
Vancouver BC
I have an E35/3 with a Kenyon (sp?) mast. I tried furling the main at the dock yesterday & ran into a problem. The first reef is no problem, main drops, and first cringle goes around the gooseneck hook at base of mast without difficulty. 2nd reef is a problem. When I tried to lower the sail to get the second reef cringle on the gooseneck hook, the lower slides in the track standing on top of one another was too tall to get the cringle onto the hook. The only way to get the cringle low enough is to drop the retainer pin/plate down to the bottom of the track- which essentially opens the gate (used for taking the sail off). The problem with this is that now 3 or 4 of the slides easily come right out of the sail track - including slide which lines up with the bottom full batten. I can see this would be a real problem trying to do this in a heavy breeze. In these conditions I can see the wind catching the luff of the sail with 3 or 4 slides out of the track. Has anyone else experienced this problem? The only things I can think of is filing down the lower slides so they don't stand as tall.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Steve Gabbott
Vancouver BC