I'm probably going to go for the tides system. The local loft/rigging shop
will do the work for the same cost as me getting the system direction from
Tides Marine and doing the work myself. Looks like they'll give me a small
discount. They'll be removing the boom, replacing the webbing that would
hold the new slugs, dealing with and realigning the dutchman system, etc.

I checked the Harken system, but everyone I talked to told me to forget
it... it was much more expensive anyway.

It's really important for me to be able to get the main down quickly.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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On Oct 6, 12:59 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
My sailmaker replaced the slides at the batten ends with the very
highly polished S.S. slides intended for the track system he sells
(I've forgotten which). I lube once this summer. The sail doesn't
fall down but it goes up and down well enough that I couldn't justify
the cost of a Tides or Harken system. I was lucky that the stock 7/8"
track on my mast is a good fit for the S.S. slides. You might want to
see if this is an option for your and try it first if your mast track
is the right size.

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