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In this episode I rig my storm jib for the first time but have I done it right?
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awesome video
Do yourself a favour and get a forestay. Problem solved.
Hi Dave. When you talk about more wind. How was storm Eowyn – were you pretty much a direct hit?
That all seems like a pain in the arse to be doing whilst dancing on the deck in a f9. Get a removable forestay, which you can hank on in advance.
Those pad eyes themselves should be ok. The issue will be what is backing them and how strong the deck itself is in those parts. I would have a quick look. If it's just some penny washer sbe very careful. if it's a proper backing plate then should be ok but i would want to see some strengthening of the deck around there – ideally already laminated in. I would expect that those fitting are originally planned for things like spinnaker boom downhauls so would be used to taking some load but not inner forestay loads.
My understanding is that u bolt strength is greatest when the load is in line with the direction that it is fitted and weakest at ninety to degrees to the direction that it is fitted. My concern with how you have rigged the sheet (around 11.00’) is that the direction of force is away from the line of the bolt. In any event, as others have said, if you really are concerned about needing a storm gib, better get a forestry fitted and have it hanked on before you have to risk your life going fwd in ever worsening conditions.
The U Bolts are grand, by any chance is there a bulkhead very close to the Ubolt? It could be utilised for a chain plate maybe? Just an idea
U bolts will be fine if they have backing plates. Hope you survived the recent storms. I should have thought that a very heavily reefed genoa would do the same thing, provided it couldnt blow out.
For the time and cost involved, and finding a rigger that knows what he's doing, why bother. If it gets a bit blowy, can't you just reef in the genoa? You are not going to sail in storms on a regular basis are you?