[Public-List] 2nd halyard retractable deck reinforcement

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Another alternative is to glass in a beam that would transfer the loads out
to the hull.  You'd have to then glass some knees in at the beam ends...

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Are we talking about an inner forestay? If so the on-deck stuff is fairly
> easy...a highfield lever provides the quick-disconnect and if you are
> setting this up for heavy weather use, you'll need some running backs.  The
> issue is how to transfer the load down to the keel/forefoot.  Maybe some
> kind of rod? Once again, if it were me setting this thing up fore heavy
> weather, I'd probably haul the boat, drill a hole in the forefoot and pass
> the rod up through to just under the deck.  The "hull" end of the rod would
> have to have some sort of plate welded to it that then could int turn be
> glassed in to the forefoot.  The under-the-deck end might be threaded top
> accept some sort of plate/eye bolt that would project up through the deck.
> The highfield would hook onto that...simple, huh...
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Harry Black via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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>> I am still looking to get either some photographs or some plans or even
>> rough drawings about how to safely anchor a second (retractable) halyard
>> for a staysail. Specifically how is the foredeck either reinforced or there
>> has to be some connection to the hull so that the tension is not on the
>> foredeck, no?
>>
>> Any info would be hugely appreciated.
>>
>> Harry Black
>> Hull #63.
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