Beginner questions: 420 newbie help please

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420 newbie help please

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Topic: 420 newbie help please

Posted By: JMORRISSEY
Subject: 420 newbie help please
Date Posted: 27 Oct 15 at 4:17pm

Hi all.

i am the new owner of a second hand 420. does anyone know where I can get hold of a manual for the 420. I want to read up on the basics.

Also should the cable for the Mast to the bow reach or do I tie it down. On my boat it does not seem to reach the front fixing.

Thanks

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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 27 Oct 15 at 4:58pm

Typically the wire at the fron

Posted By: Wee Man
Date Posted: 27 Oct 15 at 7:32pm

Lots of 420 stuff here.

http://gbr420.uk/documents/" rel="nofollow - http://gbr420.uk/documents/

There's a Facebook group as well.

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Posted By: JMORRISSEY
Date Posted: 27 Oct 15 at 8:35pm

Thanks guys. It was built by Rondar in the UK in 1997. Yes I am based in Manchester UK. Its just that all the images I find show the forestay fitting directly to the Bow shackle. Its no issue using a length of Dyneema to tighten it down, it just didnt look correct.

Thanks for the tips and links.

john

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Posted By: JMORRISSEY
Date Posted: 28 Oct 15 at 11:18am

Is it possible that my mast has the wrong forestay cable? Can this be changed easily?

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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 28 Oct 15 at 11:30am

What you have seems utterly conventional: don't alter it.

The forestay can be changed readily, but the range of adjustment used on the forestay these days makes the small lashing by far the most practical method of securing it. You'd just be wasting money. Sailing loads are taken on the jib anyway.

Posted By: JMORRISSEY
Date Posted: 28 Oct 15 at 11:24pm

OK. thank you everyone for the replies. I have ordered some new 4mm Dyneema to secure it.

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Posted By: Wee Man
Date Posted: 30 Oct 15 at 3:14pm

The forestay is only there to hold the rig up when the jib is off. The rig will be supported by the wire luff in the jib when you're sailing.

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