[quote=turbohobo]With my H16, the boom is permanently attached to the sail, makes for easy furling of the sail around the boom, I wrap my main sheeting blocks in toweling to avoid rust stains on the sail. With the mast off the boat, check sailtrack, make sure no pinching from previous mast drops, then check to see if sail boltrope slides easily in sailtrack, lubricate if neccessary, SailKote has been mentioned before, any silicone based lubricant. Also check your sail hoist system, how are the masthead sheaves, the pulley(s) over which the halyard runs, are they in good condition, turning freely. I am able to raise my main with one hand while the other guides the boltrope into the sailtrack. How does your main cleat off? if it uses a system similar to Hobie, there are 2 slugs attached to the wire halyard which hook into the halyard hook, these slugs can "hang up" when pulling straight down, I find better to pull towards the bows untill 2nd slug makes it's way over the masthead sheave then bring halyard in and guide slug into halyard hook. The sail should hoist quite easy, if not follow a step-by-step procedure for troubleshooting. And [b]always point boat into the wind.[/b][/quote]
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