It was a guy at the club who bent his, tomorrow Morning if i remember i will check the purchase and report back to youWow, that looks bad. A friend of mine got his plate bent somewhat like that, but it was on both sides and only half as much as that. We agreed it must have been a piece of defective material, but I don't know if that applies in your case because of the asymmetry. How much purchase do you have in your cunningham and outhaul?
Yes, I had this happen. None of my deck fittings on my 20 year old Laser were reinforced. So I cut a few service ports in the deck and put in bolts with washers. I bent the bracket flat and rebolted the bracket to the deck and no more problems.Hi Folks,
A rather embarrassing post, but has anyone seen this before?
I've managed to bend my cunningham/outhaul deck plate twice now in two years. It happens in the exact same place (starboard side) and I simply have no idea how it occurred.
FYI - in picture, left block=cunningham; right=outhaul; shock=daggerboard cord; other = mast retainer
'Appreciate any insight/experience you might have to share!
Cheers
They are illegal if you are racing with them.mine also bent, i replaced it with a intensity sails one it was only 10$
I don't know why it bent. I was not the last person to sail my boat... when properly rigged, my mainsheet is long enough to sail way by the lee and still not have tension on the security line. So who knows. Maybe they didn't tie the mainsheet to the back of the boat and dropped it going downwind? I don't think that the wind was strong enough that day to rip both screws out of the deck and bend the plate like that but it's totally possible your hypothesis is correct. I did not think of that!Usual reason this plate bends is that mast with security rope on may turn around 1-2 times and due to tension on this rope this thing bends.
It’s not about mainsheet length, mate, it’s about security line length. Do you set your mainsheet when you’re ashore? I don’t think so, but I’m sure that you set mast security rope, sometimes it’s too short and won’t let mast turn freely when weather shifts, and from the tension that appears between that block plate and vang fitting plate bends as well as vang fitting does, so at some point this plate will break or vang fitting will first bend and then break.I don't know why it bent. I was not the last person to sail my boat... when properly rigged, my mainsheet is long enough to sail way by the lee and still not have tension on the security line. So who knows. Maybe they didn't tie the mainsheet to the back of the boat and dropped it going downwind? I don't think that the wind was strong enough that day to rip both screws out of the deck and bend the plate like that but it's totally possible your hypothesis is correct. I did not think of that!
Pierson is not doing that.I love it when new sailors ask a question and then question the veterans who have "been there, done that" answers.... Also, love the input from the "Well I've never sailed that boat before but...." Jeez...