Moving the classic Tornado around would be much easier with a bow handle. Most are pretty plain/ugly. I don't want a beautiful boat marred by something that looks bad. Any ideas?
why can't you grab the bow near the bridal? why would you want/need a handle?
Edited by MN3 on May 09, 2017 - 12:55 PM.
MN3
It reminded me the first cat I sailed
The bridle is 4 feet back, and the bows are real tall so reaching from the outside is a stretch. We do it now, but the up front point on the mono is so easy.
never seen one on a beach cat
when solo or with help, my mystere 5.5 or 6.0, handles better in just about every angle while i handle it from the bridal area unless it's a push on the nose up the beach sterns first - i don't think your bridal and my 6.0's can be much different in location -
but who knows maybe your on to something - please let us know how it works out if you do it
MN3
Just a thought. Would the bow handle from a Sunfish be too small? They look pretty smooth.
if the boat is balanced fore/aft on the wheels... there's almost no lifting up or pushing down on the bows, because it's balanced... at that point, it becomes a rolling effort and idk if a bow handle would help w/that
H14T, H18SX... Ocean Springs, MS www.osyc.com
Do these flip your switch?
I think the biggest problem to installation of a handle or cleat is access to the inside of the hull to secure a nut; otherwise you are going to need to install a blind rivet.
I am partial to stainless, but you guys have sort of talked me out of this.
ctcataman wrote: I am partial to stainless, but you guys have sort of talked me out of this.
Now, John. Are You really thinking about ruing the classical lines of you’re beautiful
Tornado again ? Come on.
I understand your T is a wooden one, these are rare like an 69 Jaguar E-type hardtop.
So, please don’t put handles on the bows!! It wil disturb the lines of your beauty.
One question is vital, how are you gonna fit counterplating for these handles?
The only way is riveting the handles or using parker-style screws.. In the end you
wil rip them of, period. Glueing with epoxy or whatsoever won't hold either.
Get some padding for you’re shoulders (old pfd or so) and go inside the front bows,
put your shoulder against the bridle and walk the cat anywhere you want to go.
Balancing and fixing the cat-track is key here.
I am aging and have a back-problem, but can stil make it up the beach this way, solo.
Another help might be putting foot-straps near the end of the rear-beam, they make
a great difference running the cat up the beach, two up.
Rest my case here..
( nobody can say I’ve not tried…;-) )
Grtz, André
André de Bruin, Amsterdam,the Netherlands
P 18-2
Andre, the Tornado will not be defiled. It is in the garage getting touch up paint. Darn pretty boat! John