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- Mon May 02, 2011 5:42 pm
- Forum: Rigging Room
- Topic: How to: Select & Install an Adjustable (not split) Backstay
- Replies: 6
- Views: 26663
Re: How to: Select & Install an Adjustable (not split) Back
Willie, your solution fits very nicely with what I had hoped to end up with. It's great to get the benefit of your experience. You have saved me hours of research and perhaps avoided a less optimal retrofit. Many thanks! As to your philosophy on over-rigging, I claim little rigging experience, but f...
- Mon May 02, 2011 2:23 am
- Forum: Rigging Room
- Topic: How to: Select & Install an Adjustable (not split) Backstay
- Replies: 6
- Views: 26663
How to: Select & Install an Adjustable (not split) Backstay
I'd like to have an adjustable single backstay for a Mk-II and am leaning toward a 2-block arrangement -- at least I think this is easy/quick-to-adjust and relatively inexpensive. Some of you already have this on your SJ21. Please point me in the right direction with more details as to: 4:1 or 6:1 s...
- Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:09 am
- Forum: Rigging Room
- Topic: Mainsail block on deck?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19825
Re: Mainsail block on deck?
Are you speaking of a boom vang?
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:29 pm
- Forum: SJ21 General Forum
- Topic: Keel Saver
- Replies: 17
- Views: 43925
Re: Keel Saver
Mark Sailmaker, Does the Mk-III keep the horn loaded under sail? For the Mk-II, the keel is held with a lock pin and the cable relaxed so the horn is not loaded underway. (Of course, not all skippers use the lock pin.) bluepearl, The incident you mention resulted from the free end of the cable not b...