"Herodotus" wrote

Also, til now I have been using silicon spray which doesn't last a;;
that long. How does your McLube compare with silicon?


I haven't done any comparisons. McLube is available from both West and
Hamilton Marine and is a rigging specific product. It may just be dry
silicone spray but my impression is that it leaves much more of a white
residue than the dry silicone spray I used a lot of on aircraft. It may be
specially formulated to stand up better in the marine environment. I use it
on my jib foils and the sail dropped like it wasn't attached to anything.
It lasted full season with my old main last year but the bronze slides on
the two full length battens wore the paint out of the sail track and took
the lube with it.

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Roger Long