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Medway Maniac 
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 Topic: Think I might have found myself a boat 4 the lakePosted: 09 May 14 at 11:31pm |
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Sliding gnavs seem to me to involve a lot of friction when the loads get high. I've spoken to a few Vortex guys who are less than enchanted with theirs (isn't there some talk in the class about allowing conventional kickers?).
Mast struts of the sort that Fireballs (used to?) use to stop bend (*) always look like a good idea for use as a gnav, but I've never seen one used for that. Any ideas why, anyone? |
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JimC
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Posted: 09 May 14 at 11:36pm |
Think about what happens when you let the boom out... You've got to have the lowers for sideways bend anyway. |
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 09 May 14 at 11:45pm |
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I was thinking of using it inverted, Jim, with the 'deck' fitting substituted by a standard gnav upper pivot. It was really only the use of the roller car in place of a slider (or the EPS' little wheels) that I was suggesting. Screw the track on top of the boom.
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iGRF
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Posted: 10 May 14 at 1:16pm |
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Well I don't mind the wheels concept and think it's a better solution than harsh metal to metal sliders, my old wheels were just corroded in the way alloy corrodes, maybe a plastic composite would have been better, but I've managed to secure a newer Gnav, quite honestly the way the boat is laid out, they could easily have employed a conventional kicker with room to spare, you have to go round the back to tack because of the badly sighted mainsheet controls.
I've tried every option, centre control, rear sheeting, rear sheeting off boom, but have reverted back to centre sheeting and a crude traveller device. Either way a conventional kicker would still function adequately and not get in the way imv |
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iGRF
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Posted: 20 Nov 14 at 4:31pm |
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Since I'm going to be facing another EPS winter.... I should have done it ages ago since nobody else has, but there's a Facebook Page for the EPS now, a bit easier to go to than the Yahoo group where everyone traditionally gathers.
Like it, or Like it not, it doesn't matter, just the service point for EPS stuff. Thank you for your attention carry on. |
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