Here's the backstay tensioner tackle: https://telamontechnologies.com/epilogue/images/backstayTensioner.jpg
Adrian Humphreys Epilogue, Rockport ME C&C 33-2 adri...@telamontech.com > On Aug 15, 2020, at 6:28 PM, Russ & Melody via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > > Wichard makes some nice gear, as in ratchet adjuster > > https://marine.wichard.com/en/stainless-steel-hardware/rigging-adjusters/backstay-adjusters > > I recall Harken made a few many years ago too. > > Cheers, Russ > > > At 12:20 PM 8/15/2020, you wrote: >> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >> boundary="----=_Part_2530921_609703134.1597519246996" >> Content-Length: 2119 >> >> Raced on a friend's old Morgan 30 (the big heavy one, not the classic 300) >> and we just used the wheel, setting it up before the race. Sometimes we had >> a rail guy take off on the downwind leg and then tighten it up again before >> the beat. >> For cruising, it really wouldn't matter about timeliness. >> Another boat, a SJ 28, had rachet lever where the wheel would be. It could >> be switched to go forward or reverse obviously. That went just about as fast >> as the hydraulics. Don't know where one could find a rachet like that. >> Ron >> Wild Cheri >> C&C 30-1 >> STL > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
