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Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
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Author:  Lescohn60 [ Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
Finally got to sail today first time this season. When I was raising the sail it was very hard the last 2 feet. Was not like that last year.
What is the cure? Can I use Wax or silicon lubricant?
Please help
Thanks
Les
Author:  Perry_D [ Sun Jul 03, 2016 10:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
Which boat are you sailing? The H16 is notoriously sticky in the last 2 feet. Silicone helped me, but feeding the sail straight up into the track while raising the last bit is the real cure for the binding. Hope this helps.

pd
Author:  leecea [ Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
If I'm impatient, the sail jams on mine for the last bit. It is the luff rope getting out of alignment going into the groove. I back it down a bit then feed the sail in carefully and straight, and it goes fine.
Author:  cooldudecaptain [ Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
Depending if your boat has to be class legal, you can have a sail shop sew sail lugs on the bolt rope and they make the sail much easier to raise and lower. For pleasure sailing it works great and you can hoist and drop the sail in a heartbeat.
Author:  Lescohn60 [ Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
I am sailing a Hobie club wave.
How about soap or a non-petroleum based wax?
Author:  mmiller [ Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Sail sticks and is hard to raise up
daft wrote:
But it turned out super easy to simply pull up the last couple feet with one hand on the halyard and the other feeding the slot. In short strokes and pushing the sail firmly towards the lower mast. Just takes a few extra seconds.


100% agree.
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