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mashedcat
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Initially Posted - 06/29/2005 :  00:36:43  Show Profile
new c25 sailor rigging for the first time. can anyone post a picture i can see clearly of a backstay control system? on a search i saw a picture on brooke willsons boat that matches my sheaves, but cant quite make out the rest. thank you
dave
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 06/29/2005 :  00:56:07  Show Profile
This link to the [url="http://www.catalina25-250.org/manbro/pictures/pc18.gif"]backstay adjuster from the C25 Parts Manual might help.[/url]
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/29/2005 :  16:46:38  Show Profile
Tell me what you want to know . . .

Brooke
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Response Posted - 06/30/2005 :  22:44:31  Show Profile
brooke, do you have a photo you could post of the block used and attachments to the stern. looks like i could use a smaller version of boom vang blocks and line. if i had time id like to dupe your traveler. im done racing so it looks like a nice way to steer. thanks, dave
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/01/2005 :  07:24:15  Show Profile
I'll try to take some pics this weekend, Dave.

Brooke
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DanM
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Response Posted - 07/01/2005 :  08:20:04  Show Profile  Visit DanM's Homepage
If I ever need to replace my adjuster blocks I will try to use ones that have springloaded shackles to keep them erect. There are lots of tiny scars on my transom ledge. When the tension is released, the v jamb block, especially, flops against the transom. For now, I just try to remember not to let it fly. A preventer knot doesn't seem to be the answer, could get jammed.
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Response Posted - 07/01/2005 :  18:41:32  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DanM</i>
<br />If I ever need to replace my adjuster blocks I will try to use ones that have springloaded shackles to keep them erect. There are lots of tiny scars on my transom ledge. When the tension is released, the v jamb block, especially, flops against the transom. For now, I just try to remember not to let it fly. A preventer knot doesn't seem to be the answer, could get jammed.
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On my boat, I reconfigured the backstay adjuster. Instead of the adjuster going from tang to tang via the ring as illustrated in the parts manual, I moved it so that one end attaches to the starboard side backstay tang with the jamb cleat attached to the adjuster ring. (It sort of looks like a vang on the backstay).

Although I changed it since this picture was taken, this is somewhat how it looks.



Additionally, I hooked a bungee cord from the unused pigtail to the adjuster ring. This keeps the pigtail out of the way and when I release the adjuster, it acts like a power return.
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/07/2005 :  22:15:02  Show Profile
Sorry to take so long, but here are the closeups of my backstay, taken July 4:


The whole rig.


The Harken bullet blocks are attached to the shackles, which also anchor the swageless fittings at the chainplates.


That's a Harken 362 block and cam.


Johnson38-203 backstay adjuster and Ronstan fiddle block.

Everything is available at West Marine.

Brooke
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DanM
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Response Posted - 07/08/2005 :  08:52:45  Show Profile  Visit DanM's Homepage
Thanks for the tip, Don. I'll try to rig a bungee as you described. Much simpler and cheaper than a spring-loaded block.
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mashedcat
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Response Posted - 07/09/2005 :  10:37:42  Show Profile
perfect, thanks brooke
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 07/09/2005 :  19:49:26  Show Profile
You're more than welcome. Glad to help.

Brooke
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