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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

28-10-2010, 18:06

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Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

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Posted By bewitched

For cruising I would too - or at least set for...

For cruising I would too - or at least set for the day and forget unless the weather changes.

But on a race boat it's very different. On the boat I race on, I'm the main trimmer and there is a...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

27-10-2010, 22:49

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By bewitched

He's wrong

He's wrong

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

27-10-2010, 17:50

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By bewitched

precautions against loosing hydraulics

Not as good as Joli's system above, but a quick fix precaution is a permanently installed spectra line from chainplate to turnbuckle above hydraulic unit - length is same as hydraulic unit fully off....

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

26-10-2010, 22:47

Replies: 83

Do I Need a Backstay Tensioner ?

Views: 18,633

Posted By bewitched

Cruising and racing mean different things to...

Cruising and racing mean different things to different people.

A backstay adjuster allows you to easily set the rig for different weather and sea conditions and allows you to trim sails...

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