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NCBrew
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Initially Posted - 12/28/2009 : 09:22:29

I raised the main sail for the first time since purchasing the boat.
(Very calm)

I was surprised that the main was in very good shape (especially since it is 32 years old. (assuming this is the original).

I was also surprised that the foot seems to be short.

I will attempt to insert a picture/

Hope this works

NCBrew

1998 Catalina 250WK
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Albemarle Sound,NC

I spent most of my money on boats and beer, the rest I just wasted.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 12/28/2009 : 09:45:33

The foot of the mainsail is probably the correct length. It looks short on the C25, because the boom extends about 1 1/2 ft. aft of the clew, but that's the way it's supposed to be. The transom- mounted mainsheet traveler needs a longer boom in order to have the correct angle and leverage on the mainsheet. The foot of the mainsail should not exceed 9'-7"

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Happy D
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Response Posted - 12/28/2009 : 16:20:36

To post a photo, you need to up load the photo to a photo site like www.flickr.com. Then you post the url for the photo in you message.
Dan

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 12/28/2009 : 16:38:35

I took a look at the photo source and it looks OK, just the link to the photo itself is broken at Shutterfly's end of it (same one I use).

To post a photo from Shutterfly on here, right click on the photo you're interested in, and choose "Copy Image Location" (for Firefox, something similar if you're using Internet Explorer), then click on the

button and paste the URL in between the (img)(/img) tags (substituted parenthesis for square brackets, otherwise you couldn't see what it looked like). So, this:

(img)http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7dc36b3127ccec037ff99c5a100000020O00AZNXDVu2cMmIPbz4G/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/(/img), turns into this:

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 12/28/2009 : 19:07:30

Patrick: I think your photo didn't work because the URL is to something other than the actual photo in Shutterfly. Your URL is for your "lightbox", which requires an ID and password to access. Within Shutterfly, click on the thumbnail (Lightbox) photo to get a larger image, and then capture that image URL. (The method depends on your browser.)

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NCBrew
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Response Posted - 12/28/2009 : 20:18:16

I understand but I am using a MAC and there is no "Right click". I will go to my backup PC and try to capture the URL.

Thanks

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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 12/28/2009 : 21:56:45

I guess that could be an original sail but its the best looking 32 year old sail I have ever seen. Certainly one less thing to concern yourself with.

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 12/29/2009 : 12:23:57

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Sloop Smitten
 I guess that could be an original sail but its the best looking 32 year old sail I have ever seen. Certainly one less thing to concern yourself with.
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Great looking sail but it does look very short. I do have a tall rig and my traveler is on my coach house.

Here you can pretty much see mine on these sloppy spin take down pictures.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 12/29/2009 : 20:32:20

right click is "control" click, buy a Mighty Mouse (the coolest mouse I've ever had), or plug the 2 button mouse from from your pc into your Mac (if its USB), it won't explode

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 12/29/2009 : 21:38:36

Peter... It looks to me like either the foot of your sail is longer than spec, or your boom has been shortened (which wouldn't be a problem with your mid-boom sheeting). Where is your traveler? Do you have a pop-top? If so, how does that work with the traveler?

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