If you do that, make sure the leech of the main will clear the backstay. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR
On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 2:28 PM Wade Glew via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > As many of you know, the 33 MK II has a single rod backstay which > terminates approximately in the centre of the reverse transom. I don't > have a hydraulic backstay tensioner. Instead there is a small (perhaps 6") > diameter wheel in the backstay which can be turned by hand (rather > laboriously) to tighten or loosen the backstay (which is quite impossible > when the sails are loaded). I'm not really a racer (and hydraulics are > expensive) so have pondered the wisdom of swaging a fitting on the rod > backstay and converting it to a split backstay with a Johnson car and > blocks to have a manual tensioning system. This would increase somewhat > the angle of the backstay and present the issue of finding spots on the > hull or deck to anchor the backstay that would have sufficient strength. > I have no idea if this would drastically alter the dynamics of the sail > plan or the boat altogether. I also don't know where on the hull might > have sufficient strength to support the backstay attachment. Is this a bad > idea? > Would anyone have any thoughts? Many thanks ...... > > Wade > Oh Boy 33 MK II > Lake of the Woods > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!-yCf61AoQVFcp0eMQDItvpuULSVGjT1MOI24wtIZLT02CRuINrC-Jl3I4JNpaKaBbk8$ > >
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