Guys: I'd like to see the photos as well, since I have to do a split backstay come spring.
Thanks!! Steve Bayless #3491 "Liebchen" Port Huron, MI --- In [email protected], tom Causin <tcau...@...> wrote: > > Thanks Bob, > I'll have more time to look at it next weekend. I hope you are correct. IF > you can remember next time couod you maybe take a couple of pictures and > throw them into a folder in the photo section. I'd love to see how you did > it > Keith I wa not ignoring you, VMG? I can't say yess as I normally don't plow > upwind in 20 knots iwth a 155 up and we ended up sheeting to the Rails with > a 130% But on sunday when we had much less breeze, I was actually able to > sail inside of the windex reference tabs instead of outside (no ... i only > pinched for a while to see how high we could go!! )... > So VMG? not sure, but better pointing YES! And I can now say the North can > still cut a good looking Paneled jib wiht out having to go to a Triadial! > I'm satisfied! > > Tom > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Bob <kniggit...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Tom, > > > > Since the backstay tang is bolted to the hull, the deck molding is not a > > structural part of the backstay, so the stress cracks in the coaming are not > > an issue by themselves. However, they may be an indication of the hull > > flexing. Some hull flexing is expected, and there should be enough "give" at > > the chainplate/deck fitting to prevent damage. The real question is did the > > hull flex excessivly? > > > > I went to a split backstay on my '76, and it was fairly easy, but only > > because I cut access hole in the back of the cocpit coaming. The holes were > > cut to accommodate 6 inch Beckson screw-in deck plates. I used SS bolts and > > fender washers on the outside, and sandwiched a piece of wood between the > > tang and the hull on the inside. You can get a surprizingly large piece of > > wood through the hole before the deckplate ring is installed. > > > > I have a 12:1 adjuster, and regularly sail in 20+ Kt. > > > > Bob Stockley > > Sundance #2436 > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <IC27A%40yahoogroups.com>, "Tom" <tcausin@> > > wrote: > > > > > > 1st Question > > > Do it or Don't? > > > > > > Yes I'm trying to Slowly get the boat into racing form. I've already: > > > ** updated to a New 155% Jib, and a new North Main > > > **brought the jib cars up to the cockpit combing (what a Difference that > > made in the look of the jib and the way the boat points). > > > **Doubled the Vang to 8:1 > > > All the shrouds have the upgraded plates and the bulkheads are New this > > season. > > > Here is the issue. I just did the Good old Boat Regatta when it Blew > > 20-25 on Day one and 2-5 on Day two. I really had to crank on the backstay > > (center loaded) to get tension on the headstay and since the regatta I have > > a New major stress crack from the backstay tang all the way down to the > > builders plate. (Of course I did not release the tension off the backstay > > after it blew on Saturday). > > > > > > So, to that concern I will have to inspect and repair any broken backbone > > I find before sailing again. I hope I did not really break its back! > > > > > > Has anyone else experienced this repair? Any tips? > > > > > > How easy it is to retrofit a 1975 std Rig to a Split backstay? What am I > > up aginst? > > > > > > Tom C > > > Kiona > > > West River, Md. > > > STd Rig Traditonal/ Outboard > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
