John. Contact Tom at mastgates.com He can make one for you. I just stack the slugs on SWEET PEA as a prior owner closed the slot and moved it to below, yes below, the boom. :: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com On Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 10:52 AM John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net wrote:
Forgot to say...if anyone has any examples of fixing this issue...
My larger reefing problem is that my mast has a big (4" or more) cutaway in the sail track for slugs to go in - probably because the original sail was boltrope not slugs. And there's no "gate" on it that I can close. So reefing is a PITA at the tack because lowering main means taking out slug stop above cutaway, some slugs come out, some need to go below stop, I've got to feed them back in one side or another, then put the stop back in.
With tack lines I won't have to lower main quite as far so maybe one less slug to deal with.
But really I need to fabricate a gate for that area so there's no need for the slug stop, the slugs stay in and just stack up as low as possible.
That's the challenge with the tack lines - on a 2nd reef the tack cringle may be sitting on a big stack of slugs, can't come down towards the boom as far as one might like.
cheers, John