Recent content by Bill Hanson

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    Dolly tire replacement

    Ace hardware's around Chicago usually have tube and tire sets for $20 - 25. Have also seen these at Lowes.
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    470 Questions

    There are active 470's that race in the Midwest on a non Olympic level. Regatta's are held at Des Plaines Il, Milwaukee, Wi and Carlyle, Il. They race weekly as a fleet in Des Plaines, Il (5 -10 active boats) Multiple other boats around the Midwest that race in Portsmouth handicap fleets. I...
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    Securing the Main and Jib Halyard

    The jib halyard loop is secured on the highfield lever, bring the halyard up inside of the two bails shown in picture, put the halyard on the lever hook , slide the lever up as high as you can get it by putting your shoulder against the mast and pushing forward, then throw the lever. That looks...
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    Securing the Main and Jib Halyard

    Both halyards should be secured on the mast itself. Looks like you have rope halyards, the original rigging had wire halyards with rope tails. The main was secured by hooking the wire loop at the bottom on a fitting with a series of teeth on the side of the mast. Looks something like this...
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    Reinforcing flotation tanks (deck seating area)

    Can you reach the area(s) to be reinforced via an existing inspection port? If yes remove the port including the outer ring, if not buy a new inspection port and cut the correct size hole. Beware: Foam flotation blocks may be in the way of where you want to reinforce. Use a mirror and flashlight...
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    Rigging help please!

    Stay size is a factor only when converting the loos gauge reading to pounds. 300 lbs on the jib luff wire is a lot for an old boat, you might want to back off a bit to avoid bending the boat. Mast step should be in the middle or forward position. If you have multiple horizontal holes on the...
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    Rigging help please!

    To rake the mast back you need to lower the side stay pins in the adjusters. Assumes that you have a adjusters with a series of holes for the pin. They look like this http://www.apsltd.com/c-6557-pin-shroud-adjusters.aspx This may require you to add an extension to the forestay.
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    Rigging help please!

    The rig tension and mast rake are controled by the jib halyard, probably a lever on a boat of that vintage, maybe a magic box. The main halyard should hook to a set of teeth near the base of the mast. It is normal that the forestay is loose when the jib halyard is tensioned. the side stays...
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    Web Site recovered

    test post number
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    Web Site recovered

    The 470na.org web site has been recovered, however the data in the post table could not be saved. Hence the threads have titles but no data. If you had an item for sale please repost it. Attempting to reply or read an existing (posted before 22 Aug 2011) thread will probably result in an...

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