"Vic Smith" <thismailautodeleted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:06:55 -0400, salty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:56:29 -0600, JimC <avocat5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>wrote:
>>>
>>>Did I say that? - (Nope.) But so far, you haven't provided evidence
that
>>>a Mac, with a sea anchor deployed, would roll over and over again. You
>>>said that it would several times (over and over again) but you didn't
>>>sup****t your assertions.
>>>
>>
>>You can stop right there. There is no attachment point on a Mac26m
>>that is anywhere near strong enough to attach a sea anchor.
>>
> Good point. Let's take it past Mac-ba****ng.
> Here's some advice for those who take such things seriously.
> Whether it's a Mac or more substantial boat, don't assume your
> cleats have backing plates and will take much strain.
> I've read of one "well respected" brand sailboat having no backing
> plates and breaking up on the rocks when the cleats pulled out during
> a blow, losing the mooring.
> Another boat that the "real sailors" fawn over is now undergoing some
> refurbi****ng by a real sailor friend of mine.
> He found a faultily bedded thruhull that only luck kept from coming
> free and perhaps sinking the boat.
> In both cases the boats were built with the weaknesses/defects.
> Know your boat well, and know what you can expect of it when you ask
> it to save your bacon.
> BTW, I recall at least one Mac owner detailing his procedure for
> installing a substantial backing plate for a critical cleat.
>
> --Vic
There's no point in ba****ng them. They can't take it! (sorry)
As to backing plates and thru-hull/stopcocks, you definitely need to
check.
Interestingly, for the latter, I noticed one of mine was very slightly
weeping. Here's what they look like via the drawing:
http://picasaweb.google.com/SailNOW.com/Sabre30LineDrawings/photo#5091316306491370466
They're bronze and very tough. Basically, I manipulated it many times,
every
chance I got, and the weeping seems to have stopped. Now, I check at every
op****tunity.
I don't have a line drawing of the big cleat on the foredeck, but here's a
drawing of the stanchion assembly:
http://picasaweb.google.com/SailNOW.com/Sabre30LineDrawings/photo#5091316276426599298
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