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zailor
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Topic: Trapeze Harness. Fixed or QR? Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 6:07pm |
Hi.
I know some races insist on QR for insurance etc but I'm not racing it much and If I do id take the Crewsaver if i had to but for club sailing and those that dont mind whats the best. |
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chrisg
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 6:10pm |
I voted fixed as that is what I have grown up with and always used, but if I had a more widely available choice i'd go for the bethwaite ball type affair with flush plate on the harness and ball on the boat.
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zailor
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 6:12pm |
I think thats what the last option was.
Is that the one where the plate on the harness is flush and a ball or disk goes into it? Thats what I mean by Flush hook |
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winging it
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 7:11pm |
I have a fixed hook, my other half will have a flush hook if we ever get the 14 on the water, but not the Bethwaite type necessarily.
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the same, but different...
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English Dave
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 7:32pm |
Which races insist on QR?
I use fixed Banks nappy. V Good. |
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zailor
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 8:13pm |
Well the youth Events I have been to so far have asked for them.
Now I'm 18 and in a less youth class (Vago) maybe the rules are less tight? |
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redback
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 09 at 11:10pm |
There can be no quicker and reliable release than pushing your hand down the hook.
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radixon
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 09 at 11:40am |
I have the QR button only cos thats what OH insisted on to give her peace of mind.
She since took it on a course and I think changed her mind on the QR issue, it didnt work that well. |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 09 at 12:06pm |
To my knowledge there are no rules. ISAF proposed one for a while, but it was abandoned after they discovered it was an awful lot more complicated a subject than was evident to a knee jerk response. |
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zailor
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 09 at 5:45pm |
Ok thats fine then. |
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