Rather than using a sail stopper (which, as Thomas Howe pointed out) is often keen on jumping overboard, I drilled a hole through the two sides of the groove and put a pin through it. The pin is captive on a short piece of line. Giles Morris -----Original Message----- From: Honshells [mailto:chonshell@ia4u.net] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:45 PM To: MBoats Listserver Subject: M_Boats: erm needed I don't have the answer, but I'd like to second your request: I just added slugs to my mainsail, so I'll need such a part for my Spring shake-down. Thanks for the reminder, Steve. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <s.mcclellan@attbi.com> To: "MBoats Listserver" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:38 PM Subject: term needed Can somebody help me out? What do you call the little thingie that locks into the mast groove, that prevents the lugs of the mainsail from coming out as you lower it? _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats