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    Auto-bailer bands

    Princess, Just get any number from any hardware store. The outside diameter is 5/8" and the inside dia. is 7/16". Cost is two for less than a dollar. Installation might drive you nuts if you are new to it. Using a screwdriver, pop out the shaft, hang the bands on both the shaft and housing...
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    Class legal improvement questions

    Dear Powergroove, 1. You must use the vang as supplied by the builder. 2.Deck cleats of your choice must be mounted on the deck block supplied by the builder. 3.Blocks at base of mast must be attached the the builder supplied fitting that replaces the eye strap...
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    It's official: Harken clew hook is

    Dear Chainsaw, The hook on the new Harken clew sleeve fitting is new, different from the old tie on model you were using and much more secure. JC
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    Clew Sleeve Not Sliding

    Dear ABZLaser, In most cases of a sticky sleeve the problem is in the outhaul lines and system. If you disconnect the sheets the sleeve should slide freely,if it is still sticky you did something else wrong, maybe overbent he sleeve as you pushed it on the boom at installation. The sleeve...
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    clew things

    Victor, The hook on both the tied down version and the sleeve version is absolutly, positively mounted backwards, or wrong. The straight end MUST be to port. As shown, the block is pulling on the wrong side of the hook loop and will allow the sail to pop off the hook. This is a common...
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    Clew Sleeve Releases under sail

    Dear dobh and Rob B, I am the inventor of the sleeve and can tell you the normal direction of the hook end is straight down. Some angle aft a little bit, but at full load straight down is normal. Be sure your pin is 1/2" long,as measured from the underneath surface of the head to the near...
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    Boom Preventer

    Dear Sailwriter, I thought you might be interested in some history of the JC Strap. I invented it during the time I was sailing the Finn and displayed it at the USA Finn trials for the Pan American Games, which were to be held at Winnipeg, Canada Our trials were held on Lake Minnetonka, in...
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    Sailing with new metal clew sleeve today

    Laster in UK, The boom diameter can be checked against USA booms by measuring the circumference. With an accurate, flexible tape that is pulled tight, the circumference should measure exactly 160 mm. In lighter winds there is no retracting force in the sail, so a little push on the sail is...
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    Sailing with new metal clew sleeve today

    Tim, There is not enough room to pin the clew directly to the sleeve. Also, I heard that Jean- Luc Michon, the ILCA chief measurer is going to rule that the fitting must be used as supplied to maintain our one design integrity. JC
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    Clew Sleeve Releases under sail

    Cindy, for starters you MUST install the fitting exactly according to the instructions, especially with the straight open end of hook on port side of boom. The sail will come off if you reverse it and you would be surprised by how many have done that. To hook clew on and off, both vang and...
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    Sailing with new metal clew sleeve today

    Tim Clark, I suspect you mounted the hook backward,if the sail came off the hook. The open, straight end of the hook MUST be on the port side of the boom. If backward [open end of hook on starboard] it almost looks OK, but the sail will come off. John Christianson

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