2-21-09
Pat Kennedy

Hey Ken, I hope you are doing well amidst all this economic turmoil going on. I guess I'm going to have to compile an Electra mailing list so if there are any inquiries I can just send e-mail out. In any case, here's one for you.

  I have a new main sail. I had two reefs put in this one for the added capability of handling bad conditions. The problem is when I want to set the second set of reefs, to get the grommet to the hook on the boom, I have to take some sail slugs out of the slot to get the sail low enough. I keep one of those little barrel plugs in the slot above the slug opening now and this wasn't a problem with the single reefed sail.

My question to you: Have you ever come across a suitable way/method of covering the opening in the mast slot which would enable the slugs to stay in the track during reefing? There is a neat little configuration on our Cape Dory 26 that is great but not applicable to the Electra.

Let me know what you think....