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Topic: mainsail slides
Posted By: #194
Subject: mainsail slides
Date Posted: 28 May 2015 at 15:27
Does anyone know why the Hanse325 of 2014 (and maybe others) has the lower 4 mainsail slides fixed to the luff of the sail with bungee cord?  Also, there is only a total of 8 slides on the sail - an earlier 325 I saw recently had twice this number.


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Mike



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Posted By: iemand
Date Posted: 28 May 2015 at 17:11
The bungee might be for reefing the sail

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Hanse 312 MJ 2004 - Hanse 370e MJ 2007


Posted By: CharlesP
Date Posted: 28 May 2015 at 18:53
I do not understand your answer iemand. I think he is saying that the lowest sail slides are fixed to the sail with bungee instead of being stitched on. Perhaps the sailmaker can tell you why.

Charles

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'MERIDIAN LADY'

320 Nr 536 2010

Medway


Posted By: #194
Date Posted: 02 August 2015 at 19:19
I'll answer my own question - as Charles P says - ask the sailmaker - Elvstrom say that the bungee (the lower 3 slides) is for  "inexperienced reefing".  Many thanks to Elvstrom for their advice, and for providing me with plastic sail slides - which I've used to replace the bungee, and I am very pleased with the much improved sail shape!  I hope this post is of interest to thers with the bungee.


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Mike


Posted By: Sylvie
Date Posted: 28 September 2015 at 21:02
Hi Mike,

is this what you mean?


Posted By: iemand
Date Posted: 29 September 2015 at 13:18
If anybody is interested in Ronstan sliders for a good course....Tongue

Just a PM


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Hanse 312 MJ 2004 - Hanse 370e MJ 2007


Posted By: Brufan
Date Posted: 29 September 2015 at 18:16
As far as I know 2014 Hanse have Selden Mast.
The C type Selden Mast accept MDS slides and classic plastic friction slides.  Effective & convenient although quite expensive.
Don't need any Rostan or Rutgerson slides that fit Sparcraft masts


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Bruno

hanse 355 - 57

S/Y Spicy Ginger

White hull, 2 cabins, Volvo D1-30, Selden rig, removable mainsheet track system, Simrad (now B&G)-Jefa autopilot.


Posted By: Sylvie
Date Posted: 19 June 2016 at 12:07
i have fixed mainsail luff sag by replacing elastic on mainsail slides with webbing and getting a cunningham hole fitted by local sailmaker and using the cunningham(downhaul) to control luff tension



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