I had the same problem. I was searching for weed whacker cord, but none of it was heavy enough. My system specifies 1.9mm. Thanks to Phil's web pointer, I have already ordered a kit online.
Thanks! ...Ron On 2010 Mar 24, at 10:52 PM, cfleming5 wrote: > Ron, I have a Catalina 270 in San Diego and recently had to replace the > Dutchman control lines on my boat. I went to every major fishing supply store > in San Diego and no one had monofilament line heavy enough to match what is > on the Catalina 270 Dutchman system. If you call this guy (he is the inventor > of the Dutchman system) > > Martinus Van Breems, Inc > 54 A. Beach Road, Norwalk, CT 06855 > Tel. 203-838-0375 Fax 203-838-0377 > > You will have the correct line in a few days. The price is comparable to what > you would pay in a fishing equipment store. > > Rip Fleming > SnowGooose II, San Diego > > > > --- In [email protected], Ron Ginter <rongin...@...> wrote: >> >> Does anyone know of a source (preferably in Canada) for the nylon cord used >> in a Dutchman mainsail flaking system? My newly acquired C-270 has one >> installed, and I managed to break it first time out. I've read the manual >> and I think I have figured out how it's supposed to work, and even how I >> broke it, but I can't find the right size cord for it. >> >> ...Ron >>
