[Public-List] Jyb track location on foredeck

[Richard Mair]

We have used the inner tracks for a split Vang.
This past summer they were very useful for the working job. We had a few
days when the wind was strong but there was no fetch so we could sail close
to the wind with one or two reefs. At one point we had 3 reefs and the
working job. Also useful for motor sailing in lighter air. If I find myself
with extra time I may do more than just the fender washers that are there
now.





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Richard
On Jan 30, 2014 11:27 AM, "Kris Coward" <kris at melon.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 04:01:58PM -0500, Gordon Laco wrote:
> > Hello Kris -
> >
> > I think the rail tracks are immensely stronger than the mid-deck ones.
>
> That I'm sure of, but I can also remember that half of what I use the
> split vang for on Wednesday nights, is to allow my main trimmer to push
> the boom out without leaving her position (when there's little to no
> wind, and evryone else is busy e.g. putting the whisker pole on). If the
> track on the rail gives me as good an angle for that, then it's time to
> contemplate alternate uses or locations for the inboard track. OTOH, if
> the track on the side deck works better for that, then I may want
> instead to get snap shackles to bring the vang back to the inner track
> on Windless Wednesdays, when the concerns about load aren't "can the
> structure of the boat handle this" but rather "is there anything we can
> do to get more"..
>
> > I've wondered about those mid deck tracks.  I has not escaped my notice
> that
> > Danish-built Folkboats had forward jib tracks in just the same place and
> > just the same angle.  I don't doubt that Kurt Hansen, who was Danish,
> and a
> > Folkboat man, liked those mid deck tracks and carried them from the
> Folkboat
> > to the A30.
> >
> > And guess where the Danes are putting those tracks now?  On the coach
> roof
> > edge...even further inboard, but at a stronger point in the boat's
> structure
>
> Hrmmm, that might be worth trying out (in a definitely not at the top
> of my to-do list sort of way...)
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
>
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