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cavelamb

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:51:32 -0600, Vic Smith
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:00:09 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:31:28 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:20:21 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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"Nigel Molesworth" wrote in message
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In article lutions,
"Capt. JG" wrote:

"Nigel Molesworth" wrote in message
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I carefully measured every side and the new mainsail looks beautiful.
I
put new sliders on too. Trouble is, it hangs about 12" from the top
of
the mast. My old one doesn't.

Even tho I have a bosuns chair I haven't gone up to investigate.

Any thoughts before I'm forced to go up there?

--
Molesworth

Are you're saying that the main doesn't go all the way to the top...
that's
there some left over at the boom when you raise the sail "all the way"
and
it's getting hung up on the way to the top? If so, then clearly
something
is
interferring with the sliders.
Yes. And the old sail goes right to the top. The new one is slack at the
foot - so much so that it's useless!

There has to be something that affects the new one that doesn't occur
with the old one.

I haul myself up with the mailsail haul - so I can't have both!

I'll drop the jib and use that haul to have a look with the sail up as
far as it will go and see what the prob is - when it gets a bit warmer!

--
Molesworth

You could take a look with some binoculars... you might see something if
you
raise the new sail while you look. It's amazing what one can see...
It's possible that the actually impediment is not at the head, but
something further down. I would start by laying the old and new sail
luffs side by side and doing a careful inspection/comparison.
Obviously there is SOMETHING different. I don't think going up is
required... yet.

I agree. I would definitely do a side-by-side and examine the track as best
as possible.
The track apparently works just fine with the old sail. I'd
concentrate on what's different about the new sail and fix that.
I'll go way out on a limb here and suggest that since the old sail
encounters no problem with the track, the first step should be a close
examination of the old and new sail, looking for differences. Do a
side-by-side comparison.

--Vic

Yes. I've suggested that a few times now. When you hear hoofbeats,
look for horses before you start looking for zebras.

I heard that in Africa they had that the other way around...