I know quite a few boats on this forum have Tidesmarine sail tracks. We are looking to install one on our E35-3 and I ordered the measuring kit. I went down to the boatyard the other day and measured everything, but two things came up.
1. The gate opening is single sided and tides specifies a double opening, this would render my gate useless if the track ever was removed but the track was modified as they recommend.
2. The gooseneck is too close to the gate opening. They want 10” and ours is at 7”.
One thing I noticed is the gooseneck is sitting over what I would expect is a transition from the blank plate that hides the wiring track below the gooseneck and the sail track above. I am wondering if I could unscrew the gooseneck and then just feed the track up the mast from that opening??
Anyone who has installed one, have you had similar issues? Did you just modify your track or did you get clever in a similar or different manner?
1. The gate opening is single sided and tides specifies a double opening, this would render my gate useless if the track ever was removed but the track was modified as they recommend.
2. The gooseneck is too close to the gate opening. They want 10” and ours is at 7”.
One thing I noticed is the gooseneck is sitting over what I would expect is a transition from the blank plate that hides the wiring track below the gooseneck and the sail track above. I am wondering if I could unscrew the gooseneck and then just feed the track up the mast from that opening??
Anyone who has installed one, have you had similar issues? Did you just modify your track or did you get clever in a similar or different manner?