Mike McGee Navarre, FL
Boat Name: Carolina Dreamin'
Model/Year: Cat 22 / 1986
Hull No. 13218
Hailing Port: Charleston, SC |
05/26/2009 6:55 PM Pacific Time
Just replaced the old vinyl sail slugs for the main sheet on my 22' with new vinyl slugs. The old slugs were 3/4" and the new slugs are 3/4" also but seem to bind up. Am I missing something...or do I have the right size slugs? |
Linda Hoffecker Lancaster, PA
Boat Name: t/c
Model/Year: '82 Cat 22
Hull No. t/c
Hailing Port: Havre de Grace, MD |
05/27/2009 1:35 AM Pacific Time
Mike,
I had the same problem some years ago and I used some kind of spray that freed them up. Seemed to work fine.
Maybe there is buildup of some slug residue from the years and possibly there is some kind of cleaner that would remove that.
Sure someone w/more experience can answer your question...
Good luck! |
R. C. Luiken Milford, DE
Boat Name: Ricochet
Model/Year: C-22 Swing Keel/1986
Hull No. 13560
Hailing Port: Milford, DE/St. Michaels, MD |
05/27/2009 4:44 AM Pacific Time
Mike, Linda is right. I have a sample of something called a "Rig Pig" that someone I know was thinking about marketing. He should have gone to Ron Popiel and done infomercials. It is a whole kit with different size slug made out of rope with eyes on both ends. Attach a halyard to one end and a small line to the other. What you can do to accomplish the same is wrap a short piece of 1/2" line with a piece of rag. Soak it in charcoal lighter fluid and run it up and down the slug track several times. This gets out the spider webs, leaf debris, cultivation dust and bird poop that tends to accumulate in the track. I then use a teflon spray or or silicone paste to lube the track. Do the same to the track on the boom. |
Jim Kuertz Cincinnati, Ohio
Boat Name: Almost Heaven III
Model/Year: 1989 Wing
Hull No. 14834
Hailing Port: Indian Lake, Ohio |
05/27/2009 8:10 AM Pacific Time
Spray some silicone on the sail slugs while the main is lowered. You'll be amazed how well it helps.
Jim |
Bilgeboy Carrboro, NC
Boat Name: Kosher Cannoli, Northern Light
Model/Year: C22 Swing 1988, C34 Wing 2003
Hull No. 14447, 1632
Hailing Port: Kerr Lake, NC |
06/01/2009 6:56 AM Pacific Time
As mentioned, the silicone spray works well. When your mast is down, clean out the sail track and spray it as well.
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