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    Horsepower/Sail Area equivalence

    everybody, we have to re-vitalise rick. he's not as young as he used to be rick and i both agree and KNOW that stoneage math is blunt and SILLY,...
    Post by: bob the builder, Jan 20, 2010 in forum: Sailboats
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    Rotating mast Forestay tension - opinions

    also just read Cruising Catamaran Communique, and the old fossil who wrote that also recommended using the least amount of tension. weird how...
    Post by: bob the builder, Jan 11, 2010 in forum: Sailboats
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    Horsepower/Sail Area equivalence

    thanks earl !, (one small thing though - do you realise that there are 195 countries in the world, and you have used some strange gibberish which...
    Post by: bob the builder, Jan 11, 2010 in forum: Sailboats
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    Rotating mast Forestay tension - opinions

    interestingly, old books recommend "Set no tighter than necessary to keep your mast straight", which implies a fraction of modern rigging...
    Post by: bob the builder, Dec 23, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Rotating mast Forestay tension - opinions

    ok, can anybody tell me what they recommend? if your catamaran is the same size as a gemini, surely you don't put 1500kg all up on a rotating...
    Post by: bob the builder, Dec 22, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Rotating mast Forestay tension - opinions

    let me start you all off. the Gemini cat recommends 500Kg on each stay for a fixed mast. i'm thinking of 100Kg for a rotating mast
    Post by: bob the builder, Dec 20, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Rotating mast Forestay tension - opinions

    hi guys. how much tension would you put on the forestay? shrouds?...
    Thread by: bob the builder, Dec 19, 2009, 8 replies, in forum: Sailboats
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    rotating mast stay attachment

    "bloody mast wouldn't rotate properly" i think the best idea so far is normal hound a shackle, then a chain link maybe even a shackle afterwards...
    Post by: bob the builder, Nov 30, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    rotating mast stay attachment

    thanks brian .
    Post by: bob the builder, Nov 21, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    rotating mast stay attachment

    Gary mast flapping - good call Munter consistently overpowered - yeah you've both changed my thinking. thanks what about having a lever...
    Post by: bob the builder, Nov 20, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    rotating mast stay attachment

    weird you should say that, i was just looking at them fruity goodness. points i've not come across 1/ i was not aware of forced over...
    Post by: bob the builder, Nov 18, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    rotating mast stay attachment

    thanks farjoe. whats the single point look like? ball tang? does it rotate easily? or do you have to do it yourself? how much sail are you...
    Post by: bob the builder, Nov 17, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    rotating mast stay attachment

    hi all need thoughts from you all. want a rotating wing mast on my catamaran. going to use this section with a single diamond....
    Thread by: bob the builder, Nov 17, 2009, 46 replies, in forum: Sailboats