Just saw 5 people get a cat out of the surf for FL 300. I'm only wondering how much help I'll need getting out of the water. Saturday.. I'll know more.
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Posted: May 14, 2015 - 05:45 PM
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Posted: May 14, 2015 - 08:33 PM
it's more technique than muscle
get the wheels dead on CG and secure them so they can't slip
get on the bows or sterns and push uphill
if you have a long beach, go wide and zig zag if not .. push harder
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Posted: May 17, 2015 - 10:20 AM
Took muscle to get this up off the small grade beach. Also your technique of lashing the wheels to the xbeam kept wheels from slipping backwards as muscle pushed. Thanks for the tip as I worked hard to keep the extra hands interested in hanging in there. Quad wheels worked. Not sure if only one set would have done the trick.
http://www.thebeachcats.c…c/15587/start/0#pid56195
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Posted: Jun 14, 2015 - 12:31 AM
I can't remember if I covered this or not but what lube are you using for main luff to help it glide to the top? I used some snow ski wax, just rubbing the hard wax on the rope. That seemed to help, but is there anything that would work better?
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Posted: Jun 14, 2015 - 11:17 AM
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Posted: Jun 14, 2015 - 08:50 PM
Thanks for the tip.
Does it work. How about simply wetting the sail with water, as lube. Part that goes up the mast.
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Posted: Jun 15, 2015 - 01:57 PM
Sailkote is the best dry lube you can use. Spray on both sail luff, and mast sail track. Then spray every pulley, cam cleat, roller furling, mast base/ball, traveller track, and mainsheet blocks with this stuff. Keep going - trailer rollers, winch pulley, etc.
I also use it on the trailer hitch & ball; I know that white lithium grease is suggested for the hitch ball lubrication, but it's messy, and gets on your legs & pants when youi brush against it.
There is a lower cost teflon spray that I saw at Lowes last week, ~$4.75/ can ('Blaster' brand, same company that makes PB Blaster (for rusty bolts/nuts)). I don't know how it will hold up around water, or how else it compares to Sailkote, I hope someone else can report on that.. -
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Posted: Jun 15, 2015 - 09:15 PM
Ok thanks. I put no grease on ball. You'll have to drive 5 million miles for that ball to wear. Saves messy cloths.
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Posted: Jun 16, 2015 - 12:49 AM
You probably already know this from your Laser experience, but ensuring that the boat is pointed DIRECTLY into the wind so that the main flows straight back from the mast helps immensely. Keeping the sail in line with the sail track vastly reduces the drag of the bolt rope on the mast track. Also, hand feed the sail adjacent to each batten into the sail track.
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Posted: Jun 18, 2015 - 12:44 PM
Thanks for the help guys!
See THIRD SPLASH
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