Treadmaster

Originally posted by Merlinboy Whats wrong with just sugar? A common thing for 9er sailors to do is to cover wings etc in a thin layer of epoxy and stand down wind and chuck brown sugar in the air once the epoxy or whatever had set just wash it with warm water "sugar disolves" just leaving a nice grippy surface

sorry somehow missed that post.

You can do it with epoxy or paint I think, same way of doing it. It is grippy enough, cheap, and if its a boat like a 9er keeps your crew off the deck

Epoxy is definitely the better way, but paint the cheaper


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OH RIGHT! I take back what I said about 60s wallpaper... More than 80s spacesuit

 

Just kidding, Chris, it's very nice. And I can see it's a strong deterrent if anyone wants to kneel down!.

you can't really make out the grippiness in that one, but oyu can in this.. I have this all over the wings and deck.

Originally posted by Merlinboy Originally posted by Lukepiewalker Don't forget that the treadmaster will (should) have been weighed as part of the hull weight, so a reweighing would be necessary if you replace it with something lighter (subject to class rules, blah blah blah)   I have a few KG to play with so i'm not worried luke, i have taken out the stumpy mainsheet tower as well, and with the carbon nomex deck and other bits and bobs i would hope she is fairly light but i will get her re weighed once complete!  having said that whats the point having a light hull but heavy tin rig!!

Its alright you can use weight correctors, nothing too bad

its good enough for a 49er because your never on your knees 

Guess depends what boat it is but its grippy enough for me.

It doesn't actually look too bad, when I post the pictures you will see (when i find them). It looks blotchy on the pictures but its a sold silver colour to go with the rest of the boat and its just bumby, you can't really tell, I wouldn't say it looks like 60s wallpaper...


Edited by Chris Bridges