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Enchantment II
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Initially Posted - 02/24/2018 :  12:48:02  Show Profile
My mast is down and prior to raising it , I was looking for suggestions on lubricating the track area of my mast and furler? Any suggestions?
Joseph Henderson
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Bladeswell
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Response Posted - 02/24/2018 :  13:49:38  Show Profile  Visit Bladeswell's Homepage
Hello.

There is a dry lube spray available from WM that is made just for that purpose. Very pricey but works great. I wish I could remember the name but it evades me just now. I think it is made by Sailrite. I could be mistaken. Cost is about $32 a can if again, I remember right. Good luck.

Bladeswell
C25 TR FK Hull #973 1979 L-Dinette. So.Cal.
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 02/24/2018 :  14:21:56  Show Profile
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Originally posted by Enchantment II

My mast is down and prior to raising it , I was looking for suggestions on lubricating the track area of my mast and furler? Any suggestions?

McLube SailKote - $12.99 a can at West Marine. I bought a small can years ago and still have most of it left.

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GaryB
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Edited by - GaryB on 02/24/2018 14:25:59
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Bladeswell
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Response Posted - 02/24/2018 :  17:17:16  Show Profile  Visit Bladeswell's Homepage
Hello Again,

Yes, thats the name. Thanks Gary.


Bladeswell
C25 TR FK Hull #973 1979 L-Dinette. So.Cal.
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Enchantment II
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Response Posted - 02/28/2018 :  11:17:56  Show Profile
Thanks for the information.
Joseph Henderson
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BKPC25
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Response Posted - 02/28/2018 :  14:22:40  Show Profile
Our local sailboat shop sells the Liquid Wrench brand dry lubricant. The owner says it's the same thing for 3rd the price.
1973 C22 #1803 "Baby Adalynne"
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Edited by - BKPC25 on 02/28/2018 14:23:38
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islander
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Response Posted - 02/28/2018 :  15:26:47  Show Profile
I would use a rag with something like mineral spirits and push it up and down in the track then follow up with acetone. After that it should be clean of all dirt then spray the track with the dry lube.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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Akenumber
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Response Posted - 03/01/2018 :  18:04:15  Show Profile
And as we call it Team Mclubin.
Ken
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WesAllen
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Response Posted - 03/01/2018 :  22:31:15  Show Profile
I use the dry spray from West Marine every year before raising the mast. A can goes a long way. I have even used it on my sliding hatch cover, works good.
Wesley Allen
"Breaking Wind"
1982 C-25 SR/TR/SK #2773
Hemlock, MI
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/02/2018 :  04:33:55  Show Profile
Even if your mast is up you can jam a rag into your sail track and tie on a double ended halyard to it (to pull it up then pull it down) you can soak the rag to clean first and lube second. As “The Big Kahuna” says, “we sell lubricants kid, remember that, lubricants!”
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
Edited by - Voyager on 03/02/2018 04:36:30
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 03/04/2018 :  21:57:59  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Akenumber

And as we call it Team Mclubin.


Not helpful or about sailing, but my brain when straight back to McLovin.


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
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