Sprit kits from 4 manufacturers. Sparcraft offers a new range of bowsprits.
Easily removed from the deck these innovative spars can
Forespar
The Banana Sprit comes in 2 sizes, one for boats up to 40ft and another for
boats up to 50ft in length and feature:
Forte
The easy-to-install Forte Carbon Sprit Kit includes everything you need: an
engineered carbon fiber sprit built to withstand loads, and your choice of
easy-to-mount deck hardware and sail attachment hardware. Created to retrofit
boats 20 to 50 feet, the Sprit Kit makes fun downwind sailing affordable and
simple.
Selden
Selden gennaker bowsprit features:
Unique inboard and outboard ends
Can be fitted to most yachts
Always in stand-by position for active use
Makes for fast and efficient gennaker handling
Easy stowage when not in use
Complete kit for deck mounting
Selden's bowsprit is a removable or retractable bowsprit (when purchased with
bow bracket) and has a well designed tackline mechanism that brings the line in
through the sprit
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On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:14 AM, "Rick Brass" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I seriously doubt that lashings would be able to handle the loads.
>
> You would probably be better served to mount the spin pole on the mast in
> the normal fashion, using the pole to hold the tack of the A-sail forward of
> the headstay. Then run the tack line of the A-sail through a block mounted
> on your anchor roller or stem fitting. The tack line would take the loads in
> the normal fashion.
>
> If you really need to get the A-sail out in front of the headstay, you could
> look around for an oversized spin pole to use in this manner. The PHRF hit
> for the oversized pole might be offset by the credit for using an A-sail,
> depending on which PHRF region you are in.
>
> If you are not racing, you don't need either a pole or a sprit. You actually
> want to use something like an ATN Tacker to control the tack of the A-sail
> and hold it on center near the headstay.
>
>
> Rick Brass
> Washington, NC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Curtis
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:19 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck
>
> I was thinking of lashing my spiniker ploe to the fordeck. Think that will
> work?
> C&C30MK1
> Curt,
>
>
>
>
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