[quote=dchall8]I'm not saying this just to disagree with literally everyone else, but I would never use anything except hair shampoo in the mast track or on the sail. My thinking is the cleaner everything is the less dirt gets stuck to the sail. Oils and waxes attract dust and dirt. I didn't use sunscreen until after the boat was put together. Then my sunscreeny hands went into the gloves to keep the oils off my sheets. I always sailed with a long sleeved white shirt, ball cap, and sunglasses for protection and to minimize the amt of sunscreen I used. The idea being to seriously protect myself and keep as much oil as possible off the sails, tramp, and sheets.
As for keeping the boat cleanish, I tried not to sail in salt water, but every now and then the fleet would do something so fun down there that I'd take the boat. The following weekend I would be back to the lake, turtle the boat, and let the relatively fresh water wash the salt off for about 15 minutes.[/quote]
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