Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
Consider taping (or otherwise attaching) a few small sections of small
diameter PVC pipe along the boom. Smooth and sand the inside edges to
allow the sheet to move freely through it and reduce any
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Mark Hanson
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#17281
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Re: Super sunfish halyard
Duckworks sells Dyneema and recommends it for halyards, "low elongation and ridiculously strong."
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Signal Charlie
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#17280
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Re: Super sunfish halyard
I sold my Super rig a long time ago, but Kent's description rings a bell.
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Jacob
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#17279
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
They are called Mainsheet Hangers
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Lee
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#17278
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Re: Super sunfish halyard
I got a few more pictures of the mast from a craigslist seller, and based on the rigging instructions there might be a line halyard with a wire leader at the head end, with a little ball or clip that
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Signal Charlie
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#17277
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
You're welcome. Try it out and take pictures, file an After Action report!
Cheers
Kent and Skipper
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Signal Charlie
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#17276
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
Garden hose + duct tape+ done. Or spend money. I do likeIntensity Sails ¡ mike 76274
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Mdfoster9180 <mfoster@...>
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#17275
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
Brilliant solution, happens to me all the time. I thought it was just me. Thanks Kent and Eric.
Tom
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Tom Salwasser
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#17274
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Re: Minifish II rigging attempt .. advice wanted
You haven't gotten many responses, so I will try.?I think that your rigging looks OK. Not sure about the clew; I would expect a hook of some kind, but what you have may work just fine. How did the
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Jacob
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#17273
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
Try a piece of line or ribbon
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Jacob
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#17272
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
Lots of ways to do this, but I like Intensity's mainsheet hangers. Get two.
http://www.intensitysails.com/mamahaforsus.html http://www.intensitysails.com/mamahaforsus.html
Cheers,
Eric
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efrank_1
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#17271
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Re: Preventing sheet from sagging
Those are called sheet hangers.
http://smallboatrestoration.blogspot.com/2019/02/sheet-hangers.html http://smallboatrestoration.blogspot.com/2019/02/sheet-hangers.html
Intensity Sails sells
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Signal Charlie
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#17270
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Preventing sheet from sagging
When I tack and the boom swings around, sometimes the sheet sags down
between the two pulleys on the boom and snags on the back of my life
jacket. Looking through photos on the internet, I see some
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Tom Leone
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#17269
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Re: Super sunfish halyard
That is interesting, I have never seen a Super before.
Also interesting is the ad itself, from Oostburg, WI. Home of the Oostburger, which is a hamburger patty topped with a bratwurst on a Sheboygan
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Tom Salwasser
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#17268
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Re: Super sunfish halyard
Howdy
The is a Super Sunfish rig for sail on craigslist right now that has a lot of pictures, some of those might help
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Signal Charlie
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#17267
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Super sunfish halyard
I am looking for pictures and/or instructions on what the halyard is supposed to look like on the super sunfish. I already downloaded the rigging instructions,? and they are not very helpful. I
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muskyman7272 <muskyman7272@...>
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#17266
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Re: Three free hulls!
She doesn't have a say in the matter.-)
<sunfish_sailor@...> wrote:
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East Sandwich Bob
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#17265
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Re: Three free hulls!
Re: IMG_0186(1)
I dunno Bob. It looks to me like your dog doesn't want you to part with it.
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guy.landingham@...
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#17264
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Re: A SWEET WI REGATTA ---MAKE IT A VACATION!
Sounds awesome Tom! Super soakers should be considered...
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Signal Charlie
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#17263
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Re: A SWEET WI REGATTA ---MAKE IT A VACATION!
At Lake Norman Yacht Club, home of Sunfish Fleet 532, we are planning to add a "Fun" element to our Annual Board Bash Regatta. We have over 40 Sunfish at our club on only one or two of us are serious
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Thomas Payne
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#17262
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