andrewscott wrote: BUT i would personally not use mclube.
This is a good point with all the mention of McLube in this thread.
What I do is clean the mast and track with WD40, using the slug method you mention. WD40 is a great cleaner and doesn't leave any sticky residue. Then if the sail needs any more help spray the McLube directly on the bolt rope. ( this isn't usually neccessary, in fact the sail can get so easy to raise that when you release the hook the sail fall all the way down like a curtain)
WD40 does a nice job on the outside of a black anodized mast, cleans it and makes it look new for a couple of months.
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Damon Linkous
i will definitely try that next time... sounds like a good idea. for some reason i love the smell of that stuff too.
PS McLube has it's place.. today i liberally sprayed my spinnaker with sailkote (mclube)... the best part... wasn't my can!!! (thanks jimmi)
to bad i didnt pull out my chute.. just wrong angle for where we were sailing
edited by: andrewscott, Mar 06, 2010 - 11:14 PM
MN3
I have a H20 and I feel your pain. The sail is heavy and the comptip can make it complicated. In the last year I have had to replace the long plastic luff trac twice. One place to really concentrate your attention to is the interface between the metal part of the luff trac on the mast and the plastic comptip part. This must be exactly flush or you will have all sorts of trouble. The plastic pece cant start to warp and pull away at this point. This costs about a 90 dollars to replace with a new one. you can take off and file away on the plastic piece to make it flush.
Get rid of the little metal sail feeder at the bottom this is only gets int the way and can chew the foot of the sail. Make sure you seal the screws back in when youre done.
You really need to be hooked in at the top. This main can need a lot of downhaul causing lots of stretch on the halyard and stress on the roller at top.
windvane wrote: I have a H20 and I feel your pain. The sail is heavy and the comptip can make it complicated. In the last year I have had to replace the long plastic luff trac twice. One place to really concentrate your attention to is the interface between the metal part of the luff trac on the mast and the plastic comptip part. This must be exactly flush or you will have all sorts of trouble. The plastic pece cant start to warp and pull away at this point. This costs about a 90 dollars to replace with a new one. you can take off and file away on the plastic piece to make it flush.
Get rid of the little metal sail feeder at the bottom this is only gets int the way and can chew the foot of the sail. Make sure you seal the screws back in when youre done.You really need to be hooked in at the top. This main can need a lot of downhaul causing lots of stretch on the halyard and stress on the roller at top.
I have the sail feeder on my H21SE mast. It is chewing up the bottom end of the cord when I feed it in for down-hulling. But then again, I have old sails; time for new or newer set of sails anyhow.
JS
H21SE
The SpaceCoast