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Merlinboy 
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 Topic: Main halyardPosted: 16 Dec 06 at 12:20pm |
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Owain the river is a great place to practice it means that we will be silken with our tacking, gybing, faster at etting out on the wire and fitter. Not ideal though!! we will see anyway. are you doing the bloody mary in the 9er
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 16 Dec 06 at 12:05pm |
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Owain, Mark Asquith is selling Herzog for £1 a metre at www.49eronline.co.uk , might be worth a look as the stuff is brilliant for halyards, etc. (Site will also be usefull for the other boat too
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owain
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Posted: 16 Dec 06 at 11:44am |
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Boss training on the river? u wont know what to do with urselves when u get to the sea!
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Owain H
49er GBR055 Fireball 14291 Plymouth Uni Sailing Club & Chelmarsh Sailing Club |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 16 Dec 06 at 11:20am |
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Good so your in for a bet first out of the 3 of us (iain, olly, Charlie and me, you and chris) Other 2 boats have to buy winners crate of lager, hopefully getting a new job so wont have to work weekends therefore 6 months practice with chandler. Bring on Abersoch 2007
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owain
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Posted: 16 Dec 06 at 10:21am |
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if theres free beer involved me nd chris are in!! weve got 6months of training ahead of us, so be prepared for a thrashing |
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Owain H
49er GBR055 Fireball 14291 Plymouth Uni Sailing Club & Chelmarsh Sailing Club |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 16 Dec 06 at 9:55am |
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Owain you need to pull harder you girl, but seriously the sail should never be above the black band should it ???? Charlie and i have made a bet of a crate of lager with olly and iain re abersoch week, do you and your crew want to come in on the bet?
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TeamFugu
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Posted: 15 Dec 06 at 9:07pm |
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Sorry but I missed the way the teeth point, up or down. If they point up, you can take the tail and go over the boom then back through the loop in the haliard to get a 2:1 and pull until it is over tight. Then drop the loop over the teeth. If it is the other way, do the same but thread it through one of the blocks at the base of the mast like the cunno or kicker blocks.
If you want to get tricky, you could make something with a hook that will get out of the way easy with some purchase on it to get that last little bit. It puts extra compression on the mast but for carbon sticks, it will take presure off the sail track at the head so the track might last longer. |
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Paramedic
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Posted: 15 Dec 06 at 7:18pm |
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I still use kevlar. With Dyneema/Spectra we used to find that the inner would creep (permanantly stretch) under tension, while the outer wouldn't leaving it shredded. Life expectancy of halyard 6 months, but at least you get a warning! Wire will always break on the upper splice due to the work hardening of the wire. stainless steel does not like to be flexed. Life expectancy of halyard 6 to 12 months, you get a warning if you're lucky!! If you can find a supplier of galvanised wire it would be better as it will not work harden, but will rust. Rust is however easily visible. I briefly tried a D12 halyard with an external 2:1. It twisted up dreadfully inside the mast, causing the splice to not emerge from the mast. makes a great kicker though! The kevlar one is now about a year old, looks good as new and doesn't slip. When it eventually breaks i might try a vectran one. kevlar is cheaper though Edited by Paramedic |
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Isis
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Posted: 15 Dec 06 at 5:19pm |
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Ive yet to try the diddy rig actually TT, whats it like?
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owain
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Posted: 15 Dec 06 at 4:55pm |
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ye, we have a block underneath, (without mentioning the compnay involved) the cowboys put the block slightly out of line, so the tail rubs on the the teeth as the main is pulled up. What we usually do, is my crew pulls it up as much as he can. then i put my thumb over the strop as it exits the mast, then remove the tail, so it dosent the in the way of the teeth, and then i hook the strop over the teeth, but it almost always slips. Ah well, the 49er comes soon, so wont be a problem for a while
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Owain H
49er GBR055 Fireball 14291 Plymouth Uni Sailing Club & Chelmarsh Sailing Club |
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