If you race your boat you will find the mechanical back stay adjuster to be a complete PITA.
I have a stainless steel Barient back stay adjuster (5/8" pins and uses a winch handle to adjust) that came with my boat back in 1975 to be used in case the original Meriman hydraulic adjusters failed. It did indeed fail and we rigged the Barient and it took all that one could do to crank in enough tension just to straighten the mast Jack Fitzgerald HONEY C&C 39 TM On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I sent my navtec backstay for a rebuild at Southshore and it seems the > over 25 years thing is dammaged (scratch on pump cylinder, not fixable, it > still leaks). I'm looking at options and the two on the list are: replace > it by the exact same thing (Navtec) or screw hydrolic and go with the > mechanical option. Would be a Wichard product, the one with a ratchet or > handle with no ratchet, not the wheel. > > any opinions on that decision would be appreciated regarding reliability > and performance (i like to play with that toy!) would a mechanical be too > slow to adjust? > > Thanks > > Bruno Lachance > C&C 33 mkII > Becassine > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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