"Steve Thomas" wrote:

I think that Rick implies that he does not have to head straight up wind
with the aftermarket nylon track and special slides. I have heard good
reviews of that sort of setup from a cost to performance perspective.

My boat has nylon slides in an aluminum track that is formed as part of the
mast extrusion.
I do have to head straight up in order to reef, but with lines led aft to
the cockpit it does not take long.

Steve Thomas

So, you had enough of "This Old House"...? :-)
Know where I can find diagrams of the bamboo star and wave maps that
the old polyneisians used to teach navigation? :-)

-keith