any 505s with transom Strops piccies?
Printed From: Yachts and Yachting Online
Category: Dinghy classes
Forum Name: Dinghy development
Forum Discription: The latest moves in the dinghy market
URL: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1631
Printed Date: 15 Aug 25 at 12:36pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 9.665y - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: any 505s with transom Strops piccies?
Posted By: damp_freddie
Subject: any 505s with transom Strops piccies?
Date Posted: 08 Apr 06 at 2:17pm
|
Has the 18FtSkiff/9er style stern mounted main sheet strop system hit the UK and EU yet? any pics from anywhere? |
Replies:
Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 08 Apr 06 at 9:34pm
|
The nicest 505 at my club does il take some pics tomorrow! ------------- 
|
Posted By: damp_freddie
Date Posted: 10 Apr 06 at 1:52pm
Thanks very much calum! How is it going with Carbon and the class? Any parts allowe to be CF? |
Posted By: lozza
Date Posted: 13 Apr 06 at 12:41pm
|
nope, i think they've had prototypes made of masts but there isn't alot of point at the moment. My boat has transom sheeting, takes a lot of getting used to, biggest issue is the turning block at the back end of the boom. Gybing is also much more fun with no mainsheet folds to grab ------------- Life's a reach, then you gybe |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 13 Apr 06 at 1:40pm
Actually I believe that it started in 470s in New Zealand in the late 1970s. UK Cherubs picked up the idea from Kiwi Cherubs at the '80 worlds, and as I remember they said they got it Kiwi 470s. |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 13 Apr 06 at 5:53pm
|
Exactly what are we talking about here? I assumed aft bridle with a centre-lined lower block on the bridle and a final take-off ratchet block half way along the boom? The current wave of popularity of that system is, I think, thanks to the skiffs (even if I set up a friend's Wanderer with such a system 14 years ago - but only because we couldn't be bothered to mount a centre-jammer!) But if you include a travelling lower block on the aft rope bridle (a la Laser), then you can go right back to the 1960's Minisails or even earlier with Snipes, which also used off-the-boom sheeting. To my knowledge the Snipes started centrelining the bridle block by 1975 at latest, though by that time 'off-the-boom' was being replaced by hull-mounted centre jammers. For 30 years, I've thought that centre jammers were the dog's b's, now I've gone back to off-the-boom with a ratchet block and can't imagine why I've not always done it! Everything in sailing goes in circles, it seems. |
Posted By: Calum_Reid
Date Posted: 13 Apr 06 at 6:28pm
|
I forgot to take a pic but i shal def do it on sunday! -------------
|