Interesting idea. For shroud and backstay telltales I use cassette tape. Currently Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy.
Thanks all for the replies. I’ll go with McLube on my dacron genoa luff telltales of yarn. I’m getting my main back from Sail Care this week with new nylon telltales. Problem is, once they fray, they start to catch stitching or batten pocket closures etc. I’ll try plastic next time that happens. Cheers, Randy > On Feb 28, 2023, at 10:25 AM, ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I Found the best telltales are made from reel to reel recording tape. Attach > the tape as though it were streaming forward. Then when you are sailing the > tape will stream aft, and it won't lie flat against the sail, preventing it > from sticking. > > Alan > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 8:59 AM Matt Janssen via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > Randy, > > On most race boats i've been on, the standby is coating the telltale in > McLube or a similar dry silicone lubricant.
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