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Old bloke 
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 Topic: So Many stringsPosted: 11 Apr 21 at 10:40am |
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Never, but never, forget the snodger!
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patj
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Posted: 11 Apr 21 at 10:09am |
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Don't forget the Merlin's pullers, tweakers and snodgers!
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Mike Holt
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Posted: 09 Apr 21 at 9:23pm |
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5O5's will only have a cunningham, as do all dinghies I can think of.. As to the length of the string.. That is just down to not cutting it to the right length. A modern 5oh appears to have lots of string as most controls are double sided, due mainly to the width of the boat and being able to adjust the controls while hiking. The purpose of them all being one thing, keep the boat at optimum power for the crew weight as the wind increases. Listing what they all do here, as best I can remember in order of importance:
3 halyards, Main, jib, spinnaker sheets, guys, pole launchers, Kicker, forestay, shrouds, ram(strut) up and down, cunningham, jib cloth, board up/down, jib lead in/out, pole up.
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Rupert
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Posted: 09 Apr 21 at 1:07pm |
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Briggs Cunningham was from the northern hemisphere. Not sure if Aussies and New Zealanders ever took to the name. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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JimC
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Posted: 09 Apr 21 at 10:05am |
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Almost nothing. If the mainsail fits in a track on the boom then the clew is pinned at the inner end of the boom, and can't change position. So the downhaul function is provided by a second eye a few inches up from the clew. |
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Chris_H
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Posted: 09 Apr 21 at 9:02am |
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The crew generally does all that other stuff. Thats why they are often unsung heroes...
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Mark Aged 42
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Posted: 09 Apr 21 at 8:56am |
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I have the occaissional brain overload when rounding up in the Laser - steer, board down, sheet in, kicker on, outhaul on and cunningham on. Some have adjustable toe straps.
But add into the mix kite down, jib barber hauler, jib sheet, mast rake, traveller, clip onto trapeze for some and the rest, surely you are halfway up the beat before its all sorted!
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iGRF
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Posted: 08 Apr 21 at 10:23pm |
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I saw one once, on a Merlin, very clever, one bit of string raked the mast adjusting the forestay and the shrouds and something else, lower mast ram maybe.
Every year for ten years I'd go to the dinghy show and test myself on the 505 stand to see if I knew what they all did. Even then I never got the difference between Downhaul and Cunningham. Then I decided, length and number of string is just a penile substitute and in all probability the longer the string the smaller the dick(s). |
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 08 Apr 21 at 8:21pm |
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Ignoring sheets, halyards and rudder up/down, i.e. anything that might be led to the thwart or side decks :-
Kicker Cunningham Outhaul Inhaul Centreboard (up) Centreboard (down) Rig tension Mast rake (forward) Mast rake (back) Barber hauler (jib port) Barber hauler (jib starboard) Barber hauler (kite port Barber hauler (kite starboard) Traveller port Traveller starboard Pole out (x 2?) Pole downhaul (x 2?) Edited by Sam.Spoons - 09 Apr 21 at 7:23am |
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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iGRF
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Posted: 08 Apr 21 at 7:48pm |
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Merlin? They need a load of string to hold them together.. really old boat class, used mainly by drunkards.
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