by Guest » Sat Aug 05, 2000 10:53 pm
I recently installed sail slugs on my 1979 DS11...a great addition, at least if you keep the boat in the water. I used nine slugs. The top slug was set about 2" down from the tip-top of the mainsail. The bottom slug was positioned so that when the sail is raised all the way and the boom pulled down snug, the slug would be about 2" above the cut-out in the mast where the bolt rope enters. This allows room for a sail-stop to be installed there to prevent the slugs from falling out the cut-out when dropping the sail. I used a second stop below the boom, so that once sail has been dropped and folded up on boom, I can use this second sail-stop to hold up the boom to give more head clearance at forward end.
steve parsons (ramblerdrver-at-aol.com)