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    Posted: 20 Apr 10 at 6:02pm
Two loops round the sail and a half hitch with a stop knot, worked for years
and has come undone not once
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Originally posted by SimonW99

Two loops round the sail and a half
hitch with a stop knot, worked for years
and has come undone not once


A agree. I snapped a total of three halyards on two
different boats one year using a bobble.

Stopped using them and went over to the two turns and two
half hitches and have never been let down again. And
being a light weight I punish the Cunningham more than
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I found the cunningham to be too short, it would put the luff permanently under tension. So have added a short length string to it. Re halliard, I bobble too.
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Originally posted by Inland sea

Cheers Jim ... and if the 100 rig is anything like as clever in it's design it will be very easy to sail quick as once set right the rig does so much work for you you can get your head out of the boat and really enjoy!

Downhaul outhaul try this:-

found here:-

http://www.sailboats.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=456150

 

edit    oops cross post ... caught me working you lot didn't you!!

I put one of these on our 4K (nicked idea from TT). Unfortunately it lasted two outings before it splayed open and fell awft.

That may be more to do with the amount of cunningham purchase on the 4k though??
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I wouldn't have thought any open hook is good for downhaul use no matter
what the boat. I ended up using carbine hook on my Topper because I kept
bending out open hooks.
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My first sail yesterday.

RS100 =
Needs to sail more...
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Originally posted by ellistine

Originally posted by Inland sea

Cheers Jim ... and if the 100 rig is anything like as clever in it's design it will be very easy to sail quick as once set right the rig does so much work for you you can get your head out of the boat and really enjoy!

Downhaul outhaul try this:-

found here:-

http://www.sailboats.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=456150

 

edit    oops cross post ... caught me working you lot didn't you!!

I put one of these on our 4K (nicked idea from TT). Unfortunately it lasted two outings before it splayed open and fell awft.

That may be more to do with the amount of cunningham purchase on the 4k though??

It is not designed to take that sort of load ... it is designed for a Laser outhaul.
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Yeah, I wasn't faulting the design. Just my application of
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For a down haul I'd use a 376

http://www.harken.com/CatalogPDF/041-small_boat-16mm.pdf

... and find a suitable hook to pin in the fork head.
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