[alberg30] deck painting- Interlux Rocks!

From: Robert Kirk <kirk at neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>

At 07:16 AM 10/7/99 -0400, Chester & Jan Koop wrote:
>Having recently (five years ago) converted to a fully battened main I'll
>share with you my experiences.  First you will need to replace the old sail
>track with all new track to accommodate the new batt cars.  If you simply
>convert to full battens and retain the old slides (i.e. eliminating batt
>cars), the sail will not drop on its own.  The full battens will cause the
>old style slides to twist and hang-up after having dropped the main only a
>foot or so.  This will require that you physically grab hold of the main and
>pull it down.  At the time I installed my system there were only two or
>three good bat car systems out there.  I selected the Harkin system which,
>in 1994, set me back $1100 (bat cars, headboard car and track).

I have a fully battened main with the old standard hanks and no batt cars. 
I have no trouble dropping the main with them.  My main has a  Dutchman rig 
to ease the furling problem and this may or may not help prevent twist.

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181 

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