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Home Forums Search Boat Show TSBB Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources More Fun About TSBB	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Clear Cookies View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Hey, Doug! What Rudy has done was simple, effective. Posted By: Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee Date: 4/1/08 1:33p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: That's a BIG difference... (Doug King, Santana 23 & Sundowner 36) Which makes it 'elegant' in my book. He removed the forestay tensioner... a simple, basic lever attached aft of the furling drum, pushed to the bow deck, which tensions the 'stay. Lever 'locked' into the base of #1 stanchion of the pulpit. WHat he did, was fabricate out of SS stock, this same lever, but perhaps 10" longer (forget the dimensions). The SS is thicker than the original aluminum for strength, projects forward of the bow, flies his tack off of it. Simple, and extremely effective, or at the very least far more effective than what it had been. As a basic 'cruiser', non-racing sailor (myself), it can't get much easier than that for a mod. I expect to copy him (eventually), problem is my finding a piece of SS stock that thick. That should place my tack roughly a foot further forward, instantly, with no further effort on my part.

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1995 2023R for sale in Wisconsin -- Tom, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 3/27/08 9:57a.m.

A little closer, and I'd check her out. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 3/27/08 10:48a.m.

Check out the pic with the mast shape in it. -- GEN, Santana 2023A-Tall, SE Michigan -- 3/28/08 6:52p.m.

A bit expensive for this kind of experiment but... -- Doug King, Santana 23 & Sundowner 36 -- 3/27/08 11:55a.m.

experiment -- Mark Welch -- 3/30/08 6:27p.m.

R conversion -- charles pratt -- 4/7/08 6:39p.m.

2023r -- richard -- 3/27/08 4:06p.m.

Info on 2023R Assy Spinnaker -- Tom, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 3/27/08 5:22p.m.

I am (was?) planning same, deck mounted 'sprit -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 3/28/08 8:51a.m.

If the sprit can be about 10% of "J" or more -- Doug King, Santana 23 & Sundowner 36 -- 3/28/08 9:18a.m.

Thanks, Doug, thoughts for me to ponder. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 3/29/08 9:47a.m.

Size matters -- Bob Frak 2023C Marquette Mi. -- 3/29/08 7:36p.m.

Spoken like a true American male, Bob! -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 3/29/08 8:40p.m.

That's a BIG difference... -- Doug King, Santana 23 & Sundowner 36 -- 3/31/08 10:59a.m.

 Hey, Doug! What Rudy has done was simple, effective.  -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 4/1/08 1:33p.m.

bow sprit lever - stainless steel stock -- Paul Germain, 2023 C -- 4/1/08 4:21p.m.

Sounds good -- Doug King, Santana 23 & Sundowner 36 -- 4/3/08 7:48a.m.

Bow - Important to consider. -- Geiorge E Norkus, Santana 2023A, SE Michigan -- 4/4/08 1:01p.m.

 

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