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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

If you haul it to the top and then set the downhaul, does it look ok?
More deck clearance.


Can you read? He said it lacks a foot from going all the way to the top.
It hangs on something. I'm thinking it's an external track with a screw
head (backed out) that's not allowing the new sliders to pass.

Wilbur Hubbard
He says that the old one does go to the top so he must have different slides
on the new one.
I presume they are plastic so a look at the difference between the old
slides and the new and than a bit of work with a file on just the top couple
of slides should fix it.

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"mmc" wrote in message
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"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

If you haul it to the top and then set the downhaul, does it look ok?
More deck clearance.


Can you read? He said it lacks a foot from going all the way to the top.
It hangs on something. I'm thinking it's an external track with a screw
head (backed out) that's not allowing the new sliders to pass.

Wilbur Hubbard
He says that the old one does go to the top so he must have different
slides on the new one.
I presume they are plastic so a look at the difference between the old
slides and the new and than a bit of work with a file on just the top
couple of slides should fix it.


Good suggestion. That might save him that trip up the mast. But, if it's a
screw or screws backed out it might be a good idea to go up the mast and
check all the fasteners lest the track come adrift.

Wilbur Hubbard

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"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"mmc" wrote in message
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"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

If you haul it to the top and then set the downhaul, does it look ok?
More deck clearance.


Can you read? He said it lacks a foot from going all the way to the top.
It hangs on something. I'm thinking it's an external track with a screw
head (backed out) that's not allowing the new sliders to pass.

Wilbur Hubbard
He says that the old one does go to the top so he must have different
slides on the new one.
I presume they are plastic so a look at the difference between the old
slides and the new and than a bit of work with a file on just the top
couple of slides should fix it.


Good suggestion. That might save him that trip up the mast. But, if it's a
screw or screws backed out it might be a good idea to go up the mast and
check all the fasteners lest the track come adrift.

Wilbur Hubbard


I would rather go up the mast and check it myself, instead of relying on
gueswork done perhaps thousends of miles away. What is so terrible in
going up the mast? There can be various problems, so it would be a wise
thing to check it out properly.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
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Hubbard" writes:


"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"mmc" wrote in message
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"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

If you haul it to the top and then set the downhaul, does it look ok?
More deck clearance.


Can you read? He said it lacks a foot from going all the way to the
top.
It hangs on something. I'm thinking it's an external track with a screw
head (backed out) that's not allowing the new sliders to pass.

Wilbur Hubbard
He says that the old one does go to the top so he must have different
slides on the new one.
I presume they are plastic so a look at the difference between the old
slides and the new and than a bit of work with a file on just the top
couple of slides should fix it.


Good suggestion. That might save him that trip up the mast. But, if it's a
screw or screws backed out it might be a good idea to go up the mast and
check all the fasteners lest the track come adrift.

Wilbur Hubbard


I would rather go up the mast and check it myself, instead of relying on
gueswork done perhaps thousends of miles away. What is so terrible in
going up the mast? There can be various problems, so it would be a wise
thing to check it out properly.

- Lauri Tarkkonen


Some folks make a federal case out of going up the mast. They must have two
or three people helping them, winching them up, belaying them, etc. All the
attendant shouting and commotion. So stupid. Real sailors install mast
steps, preferably of the folding aluminum design (about 30 dollars each)
http://www.greenboatstuff.com/abipoalfomas.html

These make it so easy and safe to go up the mast that routine maintenance is
never ignored. Problems with broken halyards of stuck sheaves are no hassle.
Adding a masthead fly, light or antenna are almost fun. Go figure!

Wilbur Hubbard