Lots of good ideas here. Thanks guys.
What about through-bolting an eye pad on the mast step bracket itself? I’d have
to check the available space in there.
From: sam.c.sal...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:01 AM
To: CnC
Subject: Stus-List Fw: Boom Vang for C&C 27 Mk III
+1I've had a Garhauer rigid boom vang for about 10 years. Good price for a good
chunk of stainless and a worthwhile upgrade. Also gets rid of the topping lift!
sam :-)
C&C 26 Liquorice
Ghost Lake Alberta
From: Dennis C.
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 9:09 AM
To: Peter Fell; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Reply To: Dennis C.
Subject: Re: Stus-List Boom Vang for C&C 27 Mk III
Peter,
A very good option would be install a hinged vang bracket near the bottom of
your mast. Garhauer makes these for their rigid boom vangs and will custom
make one to fit your mast. Their pricing is fairly reasonable.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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From: Peter Fell <prf...@gmail.com>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:18 PM
Subject: Stus-List Boom Vang for C&C 27 Mk III
My C&C 27 has a mast-step that looks like this:
http://imageshack.us/a/img191/407/ubt7.jpg
The previous owner had attached the 4:1 purchase boom vang to the 45 degree
side plate which has resulted in bending the side plate!
It was recommended to me to use a boom/mast bail bolted across the vertical
portion of the mast-step bracket at the aft-most set of holes, with a bolt and
filler ‘tube’ to avoid compressing the mast step bracket. Or to replace the aft
mast-retention pin with the same set-up.
Dimensions of the mast step (‘vertical’ bracket) are:
Outside width = 5 inches
Inside width = 4-1/4 inches
Hole diameter = 7/8 inches
Pin diameter = 5/8 inches
2 problems I am finding:
1) I can’t find a 5-inch wide bail
2) The larger size bails I have found (maybe 4 inch wide is the largest I’ve
seen?) use a smaller bolt than 5/8 inches and no meat to drill out the holes in
them, so there would be a lot of ‘slop’ there.
I’m also concerned that if the boom vang can bend that mast-step side plate,
what’s it going to do to a side-loaded bail and/or the vertical mast-step
bracket?
So ... perhaps a mast tang / hound? (much as I hate drilling holes in the
mast ... but multiple holes would spread the load). I have read somewhere that
part of the side of the standard C&C mast section is thicker which helps with
this sort of thing? Can anyone verify? Sorry, didn’t measure the mast width.
There’s also the sail track there that would complicate a tang / hound
installation.
By the way, the previous owner also bent the heck out of the through-bolt on
the boom bail. I’ve replaced that with a new SS bolt
Thanks!
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