Re: Backstay hangup!

Mac Davis (mcmd@innet.com)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:35:55 -0400


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----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Gort <rich@gorts.com>
To: <JBlumhorst@aol.com>
Cc: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Backstay hangup!

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 JBlumhorst@aol.com wrote:
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> > Hi Larry and Webgang,
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> > I don't trust vangs that are attached with rivets that can be pulled out
> > easily (with tensile force along the axis of the rivet). That's why I
have
> > always advocated using bails to attach a vang. The stress on the
fastener
> > that holds a bail to the boom or mast is a shearing force, not a tensile
> > (pulling force)
> >
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Greetings, Rich, Judy et al,
There is a better (dare I say best) way to attach hardware to thinwall
tubing. It is cheap, neat and as strong as the tubing itself. It goes like
this. After you have decided where the eyestrap or padeye should go, mark
the outline on the tubing, including the holes. Carefully cut the slot
through which the bail of the padeye or loop of the strap will snugly fit.
Slide the fitting (padeye or eyestrap) down the inside of the tube until the
bail protrudes through the slot. Drill holes where the holes are (you
marked them, remember) and use pop rivets to hold the fitting in place. Now
the pull is transmitted to the tube wall itself, and the rivets merely
prevent the fitting from moving. You can now attach the vang upper fitting,
block hanger or whatever.

Regards,Mac Davis, Kelpie, WWP19#804, Aripeka, Fl