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    Posted: 11 Jan 10 at 11:36am
not as much as it slows down everyone else! torpedos away!
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gives me something to stand on when i capsize.....the ultimate pimp.
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Neptune - Yes thats the spliced foredeck cunningham arrangement. Ive left it how George had it when he had the boat and it seems to be in the right place for me.

 

TT - Your foredeck cunny looks a bit to far inboard. Was that not a nuisance for adjustment whilst on the wire?

And seeing as you seem to be the Pimpmaster Extraordinaire, do you have any other pimps that you could recommend for either helpfulness or just sheer pimpness?
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I think your right matey the control lines are in the right place on 960 

PBO mainsheet strop? Defo overkill.
Gold rudder stock?
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Originally posted by Smight at BBSC



PBO mainsheet strop

What do you mean by that?

A lovely carbon boom would be pimp. Shame its not in the class rules :(
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Seaure don't make the gold stocks anymore unfortunately
!! Although they were a little lairy!
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Posts: 517 		Post Options Post Options   Quote s.a.l.t.y Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Jan 10 at 7:08pm
Money is what would stop me.
Being a student i have a rubbish job and barely enough
money to put petrol in my car.

I did buy something off ebay the other day which could be
used for some sort of pimping. I didnt buy it as a definite
to put on the boat but i think i could make something of it
instead of its initial purpose.

You will have to keep guessing what it is until i get some
pictures of it, which wont be until it arrives (sometime
this week).
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Posts: 1314 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Neptune Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Jan 10 at 9:53am

Salty - I have set my kicker up in the same was as Class Rep James.  I have the cunningham over the foredeck too which seems to work ok.  Using 4mm Marlow Control lines that run well yet are pretty grippy to pull.

Follow the link for splashbury ring... http://blueboat.tv/portfolio/ ...Its brilliantly simple and you can get to the kicker where ever you are on the wing

Like TT I also moved my trapeze elastic but i run it through the forward most ring on the wing.  I also took the old plastic eye off the deck and gelcoated the holes over to make the invisible - hated standing on the stupid thing.  Much better arrangements as the wires are where you want to be after a tack and don't get the way of the sail on light downwinds.  I have heard though that if your a little short in the arms it makes it difficult hooking on in wild downwinds but i never found that a problem.

I don't have a continuous outhall, but I hardly ever adjust that much very anyway. 

I had a ronstan base with cleat but i found just taking the arm off didn;t make a very good swivel so I replaced that as well with a simple harken stand up base.

For the main sheet I am using 9mm Rooster stuff which I like. Teh end of the mainsheet it tied to elastic that is doubled up and runs through one eye of the main sheet strop and is then fixed at the other. When tight the end of the mainsheet is pretty close to the strop eye and stops too much getting washed out the back.

I think I have it set up pretty well now - just need to work out how to sail it consistently.

 

Mark - 963
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Ive got the splashbury ring on already. George did a
great job of adding the new stuff to the boat before it
came to me. Im not sure if i like it though, cos if you
let it off from further back on the rack, you cant get it
to lock back in the cleat unless you move forward so i
might aswell move forward and uncleat and recleat at the
same time. I only weigh 10 stone so its not like im gonna
bury the bow that easily.

Originally posted by Neptune

Teh end of the mainsheet it tied to
elastic that is doubled up and runs through one eye of
the main sheet strop and is then fixed at the other. When
tight the end of the mainsheet is pretty close to the
strop eye and stops too much getting washed out the
back.


Have you got a picture of that? I dont quite understand
what you mean

I was going to put a plastic ring on the spring under the
main block and have the tail of the main running through
there to another ring on the rudder post then with some
elastic attached to it and tied to the base of the main
block. Is that the same sort of thing?
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If you want to see some pro grip pimping have a look at our 5000 it will be at the boat show race. colours green and yellow everywhere i think when they did it they bought the whole batch
Retired now after 35 seasons in a row and time for a rest.
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