Laser Stratos Class Association Laser Stratos
Home About the Class Events Forum Community Hints & Tips Links Contact Us
Laser Stratos Class Association
 All Forums
 General Chat or Queries
 General Chat or Queries
 rivets
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

Jamie

United Kingdom
9 Posts

Posted - 09 Apr 2017 :  08:49:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi i lost the genneker halyard fom the mast so nee to remove the attchment wheels from the mast. ewhat size rivet are used on th mast and whats the best way of rerigging the genneker?
Regards

Jamie

pcarter

United Kingdom
81 Posts

Posted - 09 Apr 2017 :  14:03:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I would listen to any other suggestions on this forum, but before I did anything as drastic as removing hardware from the mast I would try two similar techniques:

1) Stand the mast vertical and from some high point e.g. a sailing club balcony, try and feed the halyard down through the mast using its own weight and once at the bottom of the mast try and pull the halyard out using a bent paperclip or similar.

2) using a very light line such as whipping twine weighted with a needle do similar to 1) above and then pull the halyard back through the mast after tieing it to the whipping twine.

I seem to remember having some success using method 2) above.

Good luck!

Pete 789
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Laser Stratos Class Association © 2000-20013 Laser Stratos Class Association Go To Top Of Page
This page was generated in 0.45 seconds. Powered By: Snitz Forums 2000 Version 3.4.07