The Reason Your Headsail Isn’t Performing - Genoa Tracks

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The Reason Your Headsail Isn’t Performing - Genoa Tracks

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The Reason Your Headsail Isn’t Performing - Genoa Tracks 8)

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Items in the photo are all easily removable or arranged in a different order or location on the track. Though I don't have a photo available, I also put one of the sail track cars with the fixed cleats on the jib track on the cabin top to function as a midship cleat.

Sail track car with Cam cleat https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/4306-1v0.htm

Sail track car with fixed cleat https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/4206-1v4.htm

Sail track car with lead

Aluminum
https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/4301-1v0.htm

Stainless
https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/4302-1v0.htm


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On the J24 our Juy sailing class used, one of the cabin top jib tracks tore out and bent half the track to 90 degrees vertical, a wee bit over tensioned. That video makes that out to be a fairly expensive error, yikes, wasn't me!
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My 7ft cabin top genny tracks


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