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chris wray
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Initially Posted - 09/16/2004 :  14:31:43  Show Profile
Hello all,
Last week I had the boat hauled out & worked on (bottom paint, Edson's pull pull rudder kit installed and the back stay reworkd. What we decided to do there was to shorten the single cable coming from atop the mast by four feet and then reattach the split bridle. We used the stock attachment points at the transom (no huge remodeling effort was required) to refasten the new, longer split cables. The result was maybe 2 inches more room (maybe more, but if so, not much more) on each side at the point where your life preserver and shoulder come into contact with the back stay you as you come out from behind the wheel (annoying and it slows you down). HUGE improvment, surprisingly so.
The one drawback is that the split stays now come into contact with the stern-rail seats' frameworks and form a bend, a deflection, of about an inch or so on the split back stays. I don't know if I'll regret that at any time. We shall see. I believe I will try and wrap the contact point with leather or something so that it is not metal to metal.
First experience with new bottom paint. She moves so much faster without all the bottom and rudder salad that I had towed over to the boat yard.
CW
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 09/17/2004 :  22:08:43  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
For what it's worth, because of the aft spreaders, the uppers do most of the work of keeping the mast from going forward. The back stay is not crucial, and can be somewhat loose.

Oscar
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