I was just going to recommend spectra or dyneema -- uhmw
polyethylene either way. Not only is it wicked strong and nearly
impervious to UV light, but it's as slippery as rope gets.
The only other thing would be a good coating on the mast of dry
lubricant like SailKote. I've had a lot of luck with that with
stubborn luff bolt-ropes and running lines that go through eyes
instead of blocks.
It might even be useful for the telescoping function as well; a
combination of SailKote and HullKote is used on daggerboards for VOR
and America's Cup boats:
http://www.mclubemarine.com/hullkote/index.php?c=hullkote_puma
(No affiliation with McLube here -- I just like how their products
work)
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How would you smooth out the mast joins? Grind the outside corner
into a bit more of a radius?
- Mike
Interesting. I am using 3mm spectra which is pretty slippery, but doubt it would be any different with any other rope. Occasionally it gets caught on the mast join but that is a building error to be fixed rather than a friction one.
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:05 PM, lucjdekeyser@telenet.be [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
Proponents of continuous lashing of sail to mast are not too shy to admit in forums that they vaseline up the mast to help with the sliding. Would be a bit of a mess stowing away rope and sail.
Careful selection of rope with polyvinyl coating or other may be critical.
Posted by: Rob Denney <harryproa@gmail.com>
Posted by: Mike Crawford <mcrawf@nuomo.com>
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