[Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Sailing

[Mary Lou Troy]

Addendum,
I was just poking around on McLube's website and 
noticed Sailkote Plus - anti-mildew agent in the Sailkote. Even better.

ML

At 02:15 PM 4/27/2009, you wrote:
>Mary Lou, I am not familiar with "McLube 
>Sailcote". In our IMF the aluminum foil has a 
>round bearing (composite disc) at the top and 
>bottom that I have applied a lubricant but never 
>to the slot in the mast whwre the sail rolls 
>into. I was always concerned with the potential 
>of the lubricant leaving a stain of the white 
>part of our sail.  It sounds like "McLube 
>Sailcote" is made to go on a sail and parts of 
>the boat that come in contact with the sail as 
>it is rolled into the mast. Correct? Is "McLube 
>Sailcote" also a good for the IMF bearing on the 
>foil ends? As usual, Mary Lou is our go to girl. 
>Thank You, Jim Quoting Caesar Paul 
><caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>: > Hi Mary Lou, > Â  > 
>Lots to learn from you guys.  I lubricated the 
>lower bearing on my > IMF, but did > not even 
>consider applying Mclube Sailcote on the slot as 
>well to reduce > friction when furling the 
>sail.  >   > Caesar > > --- On Mon, 4/27/09, 
>Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> 
>wrote: > > > From: Mary Lou Troy 
><mtroy at atlanticbb.net> > Subject: Re: 
>[Rhodes22-list] Chesapeake Sailing > To: "The 
>Rhodes 22 Email List" 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> > Date: Monday, 
>April 27, 2009, 9:02 AM > > > We haven't been 
>out yet. Cleaning the genoa today (I know, we 
>should > have done it in the fall but it has to 
>be done outside on a tarp.) > > You should be 
>able to furl the main even in those winds. The 
>boom has > to be at just the right angle (up and 
>down - we find that just below > horizontal 
>works best) and centered. In high winds, we 
>generally will > be motoring into the wind when 
>we furl it. > > We try to remember to use McLube 
>Sailcote on the edge of the slot and > the lower 
>bearings before we raise the mast for the 
>season, but we > forgot again this year. I'll do 
>it as high as I can reach and it will > still 
>reduce friction. We sometimes have to help the 
>outhaul through > the blocks if it seems to be 
>binding there. > > You don't always have to go 
>around the bar at Herring Bay. I wouldn't > do 
>it in a high wind situation, but we've gone out 
>across that bar > many times. I also wouldn't do 
>it when the water is all blown out > from a 
>north wind but generally at anything but dead 
>low tide it > shouldn't be a problem. We just go 
>to where there is 4 and 5 ft > showing on the 
>chart and cross there. I don't think we've ever 
>seen 4 > ft. there. Of course the shoaling 
>changes from storm to storm so we > are cautious 
>and have the depth sounder on. > > Glad you are 
>getting out on the new boat. > > Mary Lou > 1991 
>R22 Fretless > Rock Hall, MD > > > At 11:25 AM 
>4/27/2009, you wrote: > > >Did anyone get out on 
>the Chesapeake Bay this past weekend?  I am 
>trying to > >get to know my new boat and tried 
>to take her out Friday but the wind 
>was > >blowing a good 18 knots with gusts above 
>from the SW direct into the > >Herrington Harbor 
>North inlet, white caps, good size waves and too 
>much > >wind.  I started to take out the main 
>and tack back and forth around long > >bar then 
>decided it was too windy and too much sea.  But 
>then I > couldn't get > >the main back in 
>because it was blowing back and forth so 
>much.  I > continued > >to motor sail to a 
>leeward shore and was able to take the sail in 
>and ducked > >into Herrington Harbor South for a 
>break from all the wind.  My gps > >registered 
>7.3 knots when I motored back to HHN at half 
>throttle surfing the > >waves back 
>home.  Saturday was a much better day to sail 
>with 3-6 knot > >winds. > >-- > >View this 
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