Pro Tip: If you get that much slack, you can always add the longest turnbuckle 
you can find to the backstay and have it normally at full length to give you a 
lot of slack to take up. I really like my mechanical adjuster, it seems utterly 
bulletproof. I have no idea if they are still made.

Joe


From: Jeffrey A. Laman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:17 AM
To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Jeffrey A. Laman <jlam...@outlook.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: Navtec Hydraulic backstay adjuster, soon to 
be free

In my case, the boat was on the hard all winter.  I checked on it in mid-March 
and saw more than the normal leaked oil at the base.  The backstay was not as 
snug as I would have liked so I gave the adjuster a few pulls, backstay 
tightened, and I left.  Two weeks later, oil all over the cockpit and the 
backstay was wildly flopping around with about a 4 or 5 ft sag -- no way it 
would have supported the mast under load.  Mast probably would not come down, 
but the mast would have had to deflect many inches at the top before 
re-engaging the backstay -- not good.  I quickly removed the backstay adjuster, 
got a couple of large turnbuckles on either end of where the adjuster was, and 
ran a line through 3 or 4 times, pulling the backstay tight again.  Later got 
the NavTec turnbuckle from Torresen and that's how it sits for now.  I'll put 
the new SailTec adjuster on in a few days when it warms up and I finish what 
needs to be done before going in the water.

Jeff Laman
1981 C&C34 "Harmony"
Ludington, Mi
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