Ebb and Tony G

Looks like several of us are headed generally in the same direction as far as the Tides Marine sail track. I've been reading everything I could find recently on the half dozen or so differant versions of similar products out there and when it comes to bang for the buck I keep coming back to Tides Marine. I have read that the track will degrade over time and 10 years is about the time I have read that you might want to consider replacing the track. The track itself is I believe less than half the cost of the system. So amoratized over a period of ten years it might cost you 40 to 50 bucks a year to maintain the system as far as the track goes. But all the reports I have read the people that use it really like it. Easier to get the sails up and down and since that is something you do at least once each way every time you go out it adds up to a pretty nice benefit. And the people who are going to build my new sails sell the system so I can get a reasonable deal on it with the sails.

Here is a video where someone is installing it on their mast.

http://sailmagazine.com/boatworks/in...ne_sail_track/