Harry
P14 #234
Mountain View, CA
>Yo Potter people:
>
>Here's another question regarding outfitting of Sukoshi (1980 P-15 #1044). I
>want to replace the plastic jib hanks with bronze ones. The reason behind
>this is twofold: 1.) I want to rig a jib downhaul and the plastic ones won't
>accommodate the line as well as the forestay.
>2.) My experience with the plastic ones (on a Lido 14 we used to race) is
>that they will come unhooked from the forestay when the jib is down. The wind
>then proceeds to blow them off the forestay and it's a chore 'chasing' the
>jib to keep it down.
>
>Has anybody done this? What size hanks were used, 1.5" or larger? Did you
>use grommets in the luff with plastic protectors like Odyssey used on our
>P-19 Genoa or is there another technique?
>
>Bill de Ment