Does anyone have these on their boat?

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Mar 22, 2004
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Hunter 30 Vero Beach
I am looking at the Kiwi Slides and was wondering if anyone has installed them on their sails. It looks like a cool idea and seems like it would be a lot cheaper than a luff tape conversion.

http://reefrite-na.com/
 
Dec 2, 2003
480
Catalina C-320 Washington, NC
I have installed them and used them extensively on our prior boat. They are easy to sew on if you have access to a heavy duty machine. Can by done by hand, but that takes a fair amount of time and efford. (p.s. be sure to only use uv resistant dacron thread) Ours did not fail in frequent sailing with winds gusting to 40 knots. A really nice benefit is that you can switch sails on a dual slot foil by simply dropping the sail on the deck with a stopper in the slot and switching back without having to take the sail off the foil. This will also allow you to use a conventional jib bag instead of having to install a sacrificial UV cover for longer term storage.
 
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