I got the triangle plate from Murrays, long ago, I don’t see it now. The track slide is available there. The vang blocks, I had one from an old Laser ...

Here is what I did, with two Laser boom vang blocks It’s a continuous dyneema loop, with loops to hook the jib blocks, those go at different sides of...

revintage wrote: To small washer on the lower outside of the beam? I understand you didn´t have the mast up when tensioning. Hope everything will w...

Now I have 4 washers, two outside the beam and two inside the beam, the latter to avoid that the compressor tube goes through the beam.Edited by Andin...

Today I installed a new rod and compression tube, I thought I could live with the bigger hole on the beam, but here’s the problem: when I tightened th...

shortyfox wrote: I'd want to obtain a strong grasp on the carrying capacity of all of these ships. Carrying capacity is subjective. At 250 lbs and t...

If you will push the boat forward you may tie the lines to the front beams rather than the shrouds. In my case the balance point is between both. And ...

Boat on the trailer, mast down, with nothing installed except the standing rigging: about 1.5 hrs

I could slide the rod +compression tube out through the upper hole, after filing the hole a bit more. I didn’t do the same on the lower hole, so I cou...

As it is now the beam is compressed and slightly deformed vertically, but it has been working like that for years.

How bad would it be to leave it like that, once I manage to separate both pieces to be able to adjust tension again? The beam would still be supported...

Good to hear about the 3 bolts. When I fix the compression tube issue I’ll add some tef gel between the surfaces, now I cannot remove much tension fro...

Unexpected findings after inspecting the dolphin striker: I removed the nuts of the DS bar and the bolts are sticked to the beam, my hand doesn’t fit ...

Here is an example

mine looks different (sorry forgot to take pictures) in that it isn't attached to the mast. It is mechanically similar to this one in that it has two ...

yes. I use tef gel in all my repairs since then. The bow foil was corroded before I moved the boat to the beach, it’s an old boat and now on the beach...

Does it have a track for the tramp? Check those rivets?

Thanks Lars and Tom. Yes, quite likely I may have some corrosion. I'll inspect with more detail next week. The two times I had to replace the rod bef...

Unfortunately I could only change it on one side, one of my castings is broken and repaired in a way that the clip doesn’t work

I installed these fon my N5.5. They are totally worth the money. Issues I had: I thought I could reuse the existing bolts, then I realized what “count...

This one works well with the rudder pin, it’s thicker that the typical rings

I repaired it yesterday, the rivets didn’t arrive before we came to the beach, and my plan was using aluminum rivets temporarily, just to be able to s...

Meanwhile you may rivet the spare one at a fixed length, if that’s better than how it is now. For me, if I can hold it on the trap near the daggerboar...

🙂 Good to hear! This time it could have been bad, because I saw the loose track AFTER sailing and lowering the mast. But I step and lower the mast as...

tominpa wrote: I have a bunch of them leftover. If you have time to wait until I'm at the lake, let me know how many you need and pay shipping and I'...

I stand corrected, there is an aluminum strip. It is covered by a fiber layer which was a bit loose. It is missing from the port forwards, easy to rep...

Thanks Lars. I removed the track and a few holes on the hull were too big, I’ guess it started from there. Just a bad job on the previous repair. I do...