[Public-List] 2nd halyard retractable deck reinforcement

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Here's what I would NOT do...just bolt a plate on deck for the attachment
of the highfield.

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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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