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Another trick I've seen some of my friends use is to have a piece of sponge between the two top slugs or slides on the headboard of the mainsail that is soaked in silicone or Boeshield T9 that cleans/lubricates the track as it goes up and down the mast.
Boeshield T9 is great stuff for this, as it leaves a thin film of lubricant when it dries. McLube SailKote is also pretty good stuff and has the advantage of being safe to use on sails as well as the mast and slugs.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity (slightly edited)
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