Saturday, May 05, 2012

Track mount

This is how I'm going to fit the rope track to the mast: with some blind rivets. This design will cause some small asymmetry in the sail, but I'm sure it won't matter much. It won't look very pretty (in fact the phrase 'ugly as home-made sin' springs to mind) but it will do the job.

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Track fitting

Here I've fitted a short section of the track on the sail's luff. It slides on smoothly and easily.

posted by Niel Malan @ 23:12 0 comments

Slide

At last the rope rail for the dinghy's sail arrived! Two three-metre lenghts.

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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Single block with clevis, parts

This is the parts of the single block, which will be situated on the aft side of the midships seat. Now that I have a plan of action it will probably go much quicker to finish this one. I have to start afresh, because I only recently found out that this block should have a 'clevis', which is a stationary anchor point for the end of the sheet.

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Double block

This the block that will go on the boom. It is complete now, all stainless steel and plastic. I thought it came out quite heavy, but it is 170 g, compared to the 135 g of the Ronstan model it replaces.

It underwent a metamorphosis to a double block because I realized the single block needs a clevis to anchor the sheet. This will require a redesign of the cheeks, so I'll make a fresh start.

posted by Niel Malan @ 20:14 0 comments