Bones, I went to sliders instead of the bolt rope and really like the sail management they afford. I had to close the rail slot some which was designed to allow bolt rope passage.It is a tight fit above the mast with the cars since they will stay above the mast and the luff of the sail dictates how low the mast will ride as well as headroom in the cockpit once the is lowered at anchor. You will see when you get it all assembled. It was surprisingly easy to tap the slot closed for about half its length with a hammer and a 3/8 inch think piece of oak to slip into the existing slot so you have something to hammer against. Be sure you leave enough opening in the slot to unship the mast gooseneck slide. Some clever people use an auxiliary slot to hold the slides off to the side of the mast and use a swing gate to steer the slides to the side of the boom but that takes a lot of finagling. I think the change to hanks is well worth it. Tom B <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:01 AM, bownez@juno.com <bownez@juno.com> wrote:
Howard brought up a good point:
"BTW, I still have the RA sails ¦blown out as they are. Kept them for their DNA in hopes someday they could be cloned. "
If I sent my original Reg Armstrong sail onto a sail maker, can they duplicate it, even acknowledging that the sail is worn and stretched? Reg has a luff boltrope, I was thinking about mast luff cars to keep the sail from falling out of the mast once doused. Opinions on this listers?
I remember Jerry commenting once on how well RA sails performed with his M17s.
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