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Mark

I've just purchased a 212 and am not able to get the main all the way up the mast. I'm wondering if anyone has had this problem and if they've found a solution, and if so, are you willing to share your findings? Under sail, I can only get within a foot of the mast top and then the whole halyard completely bogs down. When released, the sail drops neatly under it's own weight. So far I have run the halyard up without the sail to eliminate something in the mast. The slugs seem fine - but might be binding at the top. I released the topping lift, main sheet
 
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Ray Bowles

Mark, Try this next time. Leave the topping lift

hooked up and the boom "VERY" vang loose so that the boom is at least horazontal or above this point. Then raise the main until it is too much to pull by hand. Now release the main sheet block assembly completly and winch the sail to the top. Then snug up the main sheet enough to keep the boom in the cockpit as you unhood or release the topping lift. Now re-snug the main halyard. Usually what happens is that the mainsail sheet ends up being too tight to allow the boom to raise high enough to let the halyard go to the top of the mast. Even though you had the mainsheet very loose to start with it is not enough at the very end of this process. You will know as the main sail leach will be very tight before the sail is all the way up. Thus preventing the raising any higher unless the boom also raises. On my 95 H26 I usually needed to take a winched pull on the main halyard on my first tack when we release the main sheet for the tack. It is somewhat hard for me to explain this process, but what is happening to you is that at the very end of your raising sequence the main sheet runs out of slack. Please let me know how this works out for you as this was exactly the same problem I had when we first sailed our boat. Ray S/V Speedy rebaray@theofficenet.com
 
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