Hi - I have a 1979 Hunter 27 with a Kenyon mast. Where you put the slides in the internal track for the mainsail, there is a cover or something that is missing that would prevend the slides from falling back out when lowered. I imagine that this was something that would swing out of the way to put the slides in, but would be helpful in keeping them in at other times. There is a screw hole there, but no plate or anything. Thanks.
Mast question
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its called a sail gate
What is missing is called a sail gate. You can go to www.rigrite.com and look for your boom model and find the proper part.
What is missing is called a sail gate. You can go to www.rigrite.com and look for your boom model and find the proper part.
You can use a "sail stop" but...
when you go reef down, you will have to release it. There doesn't seem to be any money in those plates (sail gates) so nobody carries them. Perhaps anyone out there who was succesful in making one will share details with us.
when you go reef down, you will have to release it. There doesn't seem to be any money in those plates (sail gates) so nobody carries them. Perhaps anyone out there who was succesful in making one will share details with us.
I think my mast is a Kenyon 3756
I think my mast is a Kenyon 3756, comparing the actual measurements with those on the rigrite website. If that is in fact the case, it looks like they have the part. I am wondering, however, why it is missing from the mast in the first place. Since I bought the boat a few years ago, it has been missing. Do you think it was causing the previous owner too much trouble, and he threw it overboard or something?
I think my mast is a Kenyon 3756, comparing the actual measurements with those on the rigrite website. If that is in fact the case, it looks like they have the part. I am wondering, however, why it is missing from the mast in the first place. Since I bought the boat a few years ago, it has been missing. Do you think it was causing the previous owner too much trouble, and he threw it overboard or something?
Rig Rite
Rig rite probably has it but it will probably be about $40! You're better off buying a sail track stop. probably half the price.
Rig rite probably has it but it will probably be about $40! You're better off buying a sail track stop. probably half the price.
Sail Stops
Like Benny said, you have to release them on many typical setups to lower the sail far enough to reef. Many sail stops (including mine by the PO) have been donated to Neptune in this maneuver. Fortunately, the replacement costs about $7 at our local chandlery. This year, I might secure it to the mast with a small length of fishing line or something so I can stop worrying about fumbling around with it.
Like Benny said, you have to release them on many typical setups to lower the sail far enough to reef. Many sail stops (including mine by the PO) have been donated to Neptune in this maneuver. Fortunately, the replacement costs about $7 at our local chandlery. This year, I might secure it to the mast with a small length of fishing line or something so I can stop worrying about fumbling around with it.
Save your sail stop...
...by sliding down past the cut and back into the track below the cut when reefing. I started using this practice after losing one overboard.
...by sliding down past the cut and back into the track below the cut when reefing. I started using this practice after losing one overboard.
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