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cazou34

NSW

146 posts

cazou34

NSW, 146 posts

30 Jan 2019 1:16pm

Are these sail feeders any good for bold rope main?
My halyard runs to the cockpit and I sometimes have to go one or two times to the mast to feed the sail when single handed.

I got one of these in a lot of boat bits but it did not come with the mast mount. Anybody got this?

Jethrow

NSW

1282 posts

Jethrow

NSW, 1282 posts

30 Jan 2019 1:26pm

My vote would be okay for smaller boats or boats with short battens. Boltrope and full length battens will be an issue due to clearance for the batten cups.

Poodle

868 posts

Poodle

WA, 868 posts

31 Jan 2019 10:09am

We use a similar thing, a set of loose monkey balls, on our forestay to feed the jib into the track. That works well.

Like Jethrow said, check your battens for clearance to the bolt rope at the sail luff.

rumblefish

TAS

824 posts

rumblefish

TAS, 824 posts

1 Feb 2019 3:32pm

cazou34 said..

rumblefish said..
No, they don't get the sail close enough to the mast.
Use these and remove back round bit.
~~http://www.apsltd.com/sail-feeder-12mm-max-luff.html~~

not close enough? as long as it keeps the bolt rope aligned with the track I hoped it would work

Sorry, wrote in a hurry!!
We had issues with a carbon mast with a glued on track on a sportsboat.
If the sail was not kept close to the mast and inline the track pulled off the mast. Was worse when pulling the sail down as you tended to pull to the side a bit due to the boom.
The one I linked to works a treat and would be the only one I'd use

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