dryzabone 644 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Gents (and I use the term loosely) Is there a best method of riggin up the mast spanner. I have never had it on dryzabone, so I have no idea how to rig it up. Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 can I ask why you call your boat that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRACELAND1216 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hi Mitch, Have you got the two stand up pulleys and the two cleats on the front beam for the rotation? If not i'll post some measurements for you. The spanner should have a wire or rope strop to keep the spanner about 10mm off the front beam when rigged and rotated. Regards Graceland 1591. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryzabone 644 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I renamed her dryzabone last year after she was named Boner when I bought her ... and for some reason my fellow financial backer wasn't too keen on the name !! So really late one cold wet night up at Windamere with Gerald (Rev might have still been awake, but I'm a bit hazy on that point), standing around in our drisabones, knocking off the dregs of the esky, we decided we needed a name that kept some of the old and had a bit of bush character in it, and decided on dryzabone ... simple really It has come back to bite me though ... I had gone over at Port Hunter, and apparently someone asked Rev what the name of the boat was that had tipped and he (apparently) turned around with a straight look on his face and said ... 'dry as a bone' bugga! [This message has been edited by dryzabone 644 (edited 24 March 2006).] [This message has been edited by dryzabone 644 (edited 24 March 2006).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryzabone 644 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Steve, Yep, I do have those and that's what I thought they might have been for, but when I have trialled it through there it seems really inefficient and clumsy. The pulleys seem to be pointing in the wrong direction to get a clean pull on the spanner ... I will be having a look at other set-ups this weekend at Windamere. Bring Foreign Order up so I can have a look at her set-up !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRACELAND1216 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 It sounds like your not using 2:1 on the spanner. When feeding the rope go thru the pulley go to thru hole in the top part of the spanner the tie it of on the saddle of the stand pulley on the front beam. Any way i'm sure Rev knows had to do it, so let him check it out. Regards Graceland 1591. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Thanks for the info on the name. I wish I had the time and the crew to get back into the 5.8's. I am looking at a 5.0 and sailing at a few regatta's with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRACELAND1216 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hey Emmessee, You should buy a Nacra 5.8 and come and join us in the Super Series next season, you are cashed up after off loading your "A" class. With an average of 9 5.8's per round in the Super Series it's great one class competitive sailing and a nice friendly and casual atmosphere. Other than Nacra F 18's and Nacra 5.8's we had 1 Nacra 16 m2 turn up to the States 2 weeks ago. I haven't seen a Nacra 5.0 sailing for 5 years. Regards Graceland 1591. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I would love to but with a family (young at that) and busy work schedual I would struggle all the time. I just want to have a blast on the water occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 There were 2 5.0's at the Inner Circle Rum Regatta here last weekend! One came third ina fleet of 24. By the way - have you all tried the black dot Inner Circle cans. 9% - don't have to drink too much Coke! Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Dryza you will probally find the boat was origanly setup with a over rotaion system this was all the rage at one time. Use to have a pulley in the eyelit in the tramp next to the tramp pocket. The rope would run threw the pulley on the beam then threw the pulley on the tramp out to the rotation spanner and tie off back on the pulley on the tramp. Was good going square down wind you could over rotate the mast. Once we started wild sideing down wind we did not need to over rotate the mast anymore. Most took it off because there was to much friction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryzabone 644 Posted March 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Scott, I think you have nailed it on the head. I had the chance to have a look at the latest versions up at Windamere over the weekend, and have pretty much figured up how I will set it up. Thanks for the help fellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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