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2018-08-03 Thread Rick Brass via CnC-List
Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 4:08 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Gary Nylander Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item That is a bit of an antique. Your boat probably came

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2018-08-02 Thread schiller via CnC-List
uot; mailto:capt...@gmail.com>> To: CnClist mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item Message-ID: <mailto:canir+yu1mfz3ctbeb8s5bjkc9h90n4dtvtulhlnuj8ydvu2...@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" That's a vang collar.  B

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2018-08-02 Thread Dreuge via CnC-List
g 2, 2018, at 7:47 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:44:13 -0500 > From: "Dennis C." mailto:capt...@gmail.com>> > To: CnClist mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item > Message-ID: >

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2018-08-01 Thread Daniel Sheer via CnC-List
I actually know what that is. Back in the Old Silurian period (a million years ago next November according to Mark Twain) I learned to sail racing on an Alberg 30 with a roller furling boom. In those days - remember, dinosaurs still roamed the earth - a roller furling boom had a gear next to the

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2018-08-01 Thread Sam Salter via CnC-List
item (Gary Nylander) > 5. Re: mystery item (Randy Stafford) > 6. Re: mystery item (Don Wagner) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:44:23 -0400 > From: Don Kern > To: T Smyt

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2018-08-01 Thread Ray Macklin via CnC-List
(Gary Nylander) > 5. Re: mystery item (Randy Stafford) > 6. Re: mystery item (Don Wagner) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:44:23 -0400 > From: Don Kern > To: T Smyth via CnC-List > Subject: Re:

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2018-08-01 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
That's a vang collar. Betting you have a round boom. Also guessing it is a roller boom. Is there a place in the gooseneck assembly to insert a crank and roll the boom? The vang collar slides over the outboard end of the boom. It is moved towards the mast and a vang is attached to it. If neces

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2018-08-01 Thread Don Wagner via CnC-List
cruising. Don Wagner C&C 41 CB Der Baron From: Steve Staten via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 3:37 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Steve Staten Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item OK, I’m just GUESSING but you have it upside down. It slides on a pipe and is used to hang your

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2018-08-01 Thread Randy Stafford via CnC-List
That is a collar for attaching a boom vang to. That era of C&C 30 (like mine) had a circular boom designed for external roller reefing, with no hardware fastened to the boom itself. That collar went around the outside of the boom, with a shackle for fastening a vang, so that the ability to rol

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2018-08-01 Thread Gary Nylander via CnC-List
via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:37 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Steve Staten Subject: Re: Stus-List mystery item OK, I’m just GUESSING but you have it upside down. It slides on a pipe and is used to hang your drink off the little clevis. The four nylon wheels will allow

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2018-08-01 Thread David Blair via CnC-List
Never seen one like that but I’d suspect it is to assist feeding the foresail into a track on a furler. My $0.02 Ciao From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of T Smyth via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2018 12:32 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: T Smyth Subje

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2018-08-01 Thread Don Harben via CnC-List
Old school dog collar  Don ___ 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

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2018-08-01 Thread Don Kern via CnC-List
Tom It fits around your boom and i used as preventer downwind the keep the boom from lifting / unintentional jibing. The rollers go up on either side of the sail and you attache a line from the shackle to the rail. Don On 8/1/2018 3:32 PM, T Smyth via CnC-List wrote: I’m trying to determi

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2018-08-01 Thread Andrew Burton via CnC-List
It's to attach a vang or preventer over the main when you have roller reefing. Very very old school. Andy Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Aug 1, 2018, at 15:37, Steve Staten via CnC-List > wr

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2018-08-01 Thread David via CnC-List
Boom vang collar for roller reefing back in the old days. From: CnC-List on behalf of T Smyth via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:32 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: T Smyth Subject: Stus-List mystery item I’m trying to determine the use of an item

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2018-08-01 Thread Steve Staten via CnC-List
OK, I’m just GUESSING but you have it upside down. It slides on a pipe and is used to hang your drink off the little clevis. The four nylon wheels will allow the drink to stay steady as the boat rocks. Did I win a prize? Steve Staten C’Est La Vie C&C 26 Langley, OK USA From: CnC-List [mailto:cn