[Public-List] Sliding Gooseneck

[Lawrence Morris]

Mick,

I see installing a fixed gooseneck as a safety issue not an improve  
the sail performance issue, especially if you are considering ocean  
work.  it has less moving parts that are much stronger than the  
existing fittings.


my 2 cents


Larry Morris
#501 Solstice


On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Michael Taylor wrote:

> Many boats seem to go now with a fixed gooseneck.  My boat is still  
> the original set-up.  I think a fixed gooseneck is an upgrade  
> however it is something I would do if I were upgrading all the  
> rigging.  Everytime I seem fiddle with one aspect of the rigging it  
> leads to something else and on it goes.
>
> I have more or less decided to leave the rigging as is despite the  
> fact that I have done so much work on other areas of the boat.   
> Almost everything I have done  centres around safety of the boat and  
> its integrity rather than trying to optimise the systems currently  
> in place.  I figure there are ways to improve sail trim however as  
> Im preparing the boat for offshore travel there are other priorities.
>
> I was glad to see on this thread that it started as a quesiton on  
> trying to fit machine screws into the existing sail track (as an  
> alternative to rivets).  Quickly it expaned to sail trim!  Like many  
> this interconnectivity between tasks has led to more consideration  
> of how to stop the project growing to an unmangageable one.  I plan  
> to launch in the spring ........... but how I'd like a fixed  
> gooseneck fitting!
>
> cheers
>
> Mick
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