gouvernail said:i
You can rig the line going through the pulley so it runs in the opposite direction.
The dead end can be tied as a bowline that goes around the boom twice and uses the back end of the blue eye to keep it from sliding toward the gooseneck.
Then the line goes up through the pulley and then back to the inside of the blue eye.
salsa 88082 said:it looks perfets, but depending on hat side you rig the hook, you have to have the outhaul line on the opposite side so the hook and line dont interfear, and i think all will be well
i cant wait to get mine!
This has not so far been a problem in my experience. The fitting is sliding along the boom but not really scraping. Maybe over the long term with lots of usage it will scrape through the anodizing, I suppose we will see...LooserLu said:Hi Tracy, the new Clew Tie Down looks great!
3 questions I have:
- How to prevent wearing (abrasion of the surface) at the boom?
LooserLu said:- How in future is planned, to place the trimm-stickers ("15 cm"-mark, "20 cm"-mark etc. ...) for the outhaul in that way, that they not have to be replaced aft a while the new Clew Tie Down went over them? Using a permanent-marker-pen (f.e. white for the black anodized booms and blue, black or another color of a permanent-marker-pen for the silver anodized boom)
LooserLu said:- Isn't it better, to have the gromment inside of the new Clew Tie Down (I mean: using a shackle instead of the hook)
gouvernail said:it would work better if the outhaul line were rigged slightly differently.
The line in the photo is led such that the moving part on the block is against the boom and it can bind.
You can rig the line going through the pulley so it runs in the opposite direction.
The dead end can be tied as a bowline that goes around the boom twice and uses the back end of the blue eye to keep it from sliding toward the gooseneck.
Then the line goes up through the pulley and then back to the inside of the blue eye.
The described rig
lessens binding inside the eye
lowers the load on the eye by 1/3
looks really cool
crazyuncle said:How does the shockcord tie on to the sleeve? Can't see from your pictures.
Sarah B said:I don't use the harken hook , but the holt one, how will that work with the slider? .
salsa 88082 said:so Tracy, when will it be available to the rest of us? i would really like to try one out!
stinky said:I might have missed it but is there a projected all up cost of the sleeve?
Sarah B said:golly - thats a lot! $40 is more than twice the cost of a holt block with hook and piece of string! Eek!
157800 said:so uhhh... does it work? what is the friction like, will we all have to mclube our boom before each sail?
Chris123 said:.... I kind of like the model we have for tillers and tiller extensions.
I'd be in favor of a rule change that says:
The clew of the sail shall be attached to the boom by a tie line or by some other means that holds the clew in close proximity to the boom, that permits outhaul adjustment, and that does not have the effect of stiffening the boom, pulling the clew below the top edge of the boom, or extending the clew attachment point outboard of the outhaul fairlead at the end of the boom.
gouvernail said:Have you ever considered using your youth and vigor to get involved, figure it out, and run the Laser Class??
I would vote for you!!