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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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Sick of hiking and knackering your knees, check this link out below. |
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boatbasher ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76 |
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Fool ...
So you wish to hike harder ... you ease the sheet and the boom goes out and you dunk yourself ... Only someone who ignores the laws of physics could come up with such a moronic contraption ... |
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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surely the point is it's an aid, so if you wanted to ease the take up the slack in the system by 'perching harder' and preventing the boom from going out?
I think it would be worth a try...
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boatbasher ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76 |
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You have to be kidding ... Just think you are perching nicely and are hit by a vicious gust ... what do you think is going to happen? The boom will drag you into the the boat and you will capsize ... especially if you are small and lightweight. Imagine gybing in a strong breeze ... the sheet loading up as the sail fills on the new side ... it would whip you into the cockpit ... He needs to sell tickets for his first tests on a breezy day ![]() Edited by boatbasher - 22 Sep 14 at 2:25pm |
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kneewrecker ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Apr 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1586 |
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one assumes you unclip before tacking and gybing?
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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So the wind drops suddenly... you sit in, and the boom sheets out faster than you can take up the slack. Or you get a sudden header and need to tack in a hurry? Or get a huge gust, the boat capsizes and you are tied to it with far more rope floating round than a trapeze has
I kind of like the idea, but feel that attaching yourself to the accellerator in a dinghy is maybe not that sensible. Good to see some lateral thinking, though. |
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fish n ships ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Jul 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 71 |
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Would it not be better to anchor the rope to the far side of the boat rather than the boom? Possibly the shroud point?
Either way i would have thought the better option is to buy a boat suitable for your physical abilities... |
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boatbasher ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76 |
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![]() So if you unclip it the boom will travel freely ... slamming against the shroud post gybe probably snapping the boom or dropping the rig post gybe in a breeze ... Edited by boatbasher - 22 Sep 14 at 2:39pm |
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boatbasher ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76 |
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I know ... instead of the boom why not the mast ... perhaps near the hounds ... add an adjuster then hook to that ... perhaps you could call it a trapeze ... |
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Null ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 May 14 Online Status: Offline Posts: 745 |
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I think he's lost it! Is that the V-Barge in the back ground?
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