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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 28-10-2010, 14:47
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Posted By akio.kanemoto
ROFLMAO!!!! Perhaps I should get one and try...

ROFLMAO!!!!

Perhaps I should get one and try for the next olympics myself! Could really make a career of this!
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 28-10-2010, 13:58
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Hi Mark, Actually - believe it or not -...

Hi Mark,

Actually - believe it or not - they're about the same price as the hydraulic ones.. just a couple of hundred cheaper.

They don't look very convenient though - so do people constantly...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 27-10-2010, 15:22
Replies: 83
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Posted By akio.kanemoto
Thanks all for your informative replies. One of...

Thanks all for your informative replies. One of the things that really hit home here for me is that some boats are not designed to be under tension all the time.. forever.

Seeing as though mine...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 27-10-2010, 05:08
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
On this note actually, if I must have a backstay...

On this note actually, if I must have a backstay adjuster, I'd probably go for whatever is the easiest to use (and install) then.. which smells like a hydraulic...

8mm backstay wire.. perhaps a...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 03:39
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Unfortunately I have no pics of the rig.. didn't...

Unfortunately I have no pics of the rig.. didn't think about it at the time..

But, no inner forestay, standard masthead sloop, single backstay. Two sets of spreaders, only very slightly swept...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 02:49
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
That one is another Lexcen 40... which was one...

That one is another Lexcen 40... which was one that he designed as a cruiser - it is WIIIIDE and was quite popular with the charter fleet. Not mine though..
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 02:47
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
You really know your boats. :) Not sure that...

You really know your boats. :)

Not sure that it's an Olympic 40 - the only pic of that I could find is here:

OLYMPIC 40 boat details - BoatPoint Australia...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 01:58
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Bah. :confused:

Bah.

:confused:
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 01:00
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Before I forget - does the fact that I will have...

Before I forget - does the fact that I will have a furler change any of the pros for having a tensioner?
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 00:43
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
I guess there's that too... So what happens...

I guess there's that too...

So what happens if you leave it set at "ok upwind performance", but not "really cranked up"... and you're in a storm? Does it really matter if you're well reefed etc -...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 00:06
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
So you have a turnbuckle or an adjuster? ...

So you have a turnbuckle or an adjuster?

Also - do you fiddle it at all at the moment - heavy weather etc? Or really - did you just tension it a few years ago and that's it?
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 26-10-2010, 00:03
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Actually it's not a cost issue - I'm happy to...

Actually it's not a cost issue - I'm happy to fork out $1700 for a brand new navtec one - mine really is looking a bit tired (free international shipping from mauripro too at the moment - so very...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-10-2010, 23:58
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
So in this scenario - you think skip a mechanical...

So in this scenario - you think skip a mechanical or a hydraulic adjuster and just use a turnbuckle?
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-10-2010, 14:15
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Thanks, but I'd rather not buy a powerboat - I'm...

Thanks, but I'd rather not buy a powerboat - I'm just trying to simplify my sailing. I will be sailing for pleasure, in no rush to get anywhere and the more simple, the better - for me.

I love...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-10-2010, 04:20
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
My thoughts exactly! I have enough things to...

My thoughts exactly! I have enough things to adjust already! :)
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 25-10-2010, 02:46
Replies: 83
Views: 18,633
Posted By akio.kanemoto
Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Greetings Folks,

I'm at the pointy end of a very extended refit and I'm finally out on deck and looking at various things to work through.

The boat is an old racer (40 feet) - but will be used...
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