June 25, 20232 yr All you learned folks happy to advise a newbie? I have a groovy carbon mast on ann old ABoat that I am restoring and want to attach my sails via sliders to make for easy sail changes. So now I need to think of how to make sliders. I am thinking to use some 3mm carbon rod with a few layers of sail-patch as the tangs, through which I can add an eyelet. Something like the attached ( sans eyelet). This has 3 layers of sail patch, so ends up 6 layers on the tang. would this work or do y’all have better ideas? Hope to have the old girl on the water for the Vane A centenary at Gosport thanks in advance.
June 25, 20232 yr Hi, No need to go with carbon rod. Easiest and perfect for the job is a length of RC plastic antenna tube. Just knife them to a length of 10-12mm long for an A Class mainsail with a strip of deck patch cut at the same width, tabbing back onto both sides of the mainsail the same distance back each side. Only needs one layer of tape otherwise the slide becomes too stiff, not allowing the sail to drop into shape in lighter winds. Put them approximately on the end of each forward seam and one evenly placed in between. cheers Brad
June 25, 20232 yr Author Thanks Brad I was rapidly heading down an over-engineering path. Your solution makes total sense and took me about 10 minutes to do. cheers wayne Edited June 25, 20232 yr by wstobbs Spelling
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