Which Blades have you seen with the mast rotator above the boom? As far as I know, having it at the mast base has always been standard, although I know that Hans has his setup with the mast rotation line secured to the boom, rather than through an eye in the tramp. On his boat, the mast rotation cleats are at the foot of the mast, rather than on the deck.
Paul
At the Blade photos i have seen some rotator arms are mounted just below the boom not above,
http://www.formula16.org/component/option,com_gallery2/Itemid,26/lang,de/?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=2948&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
that i must have mixed up with other boats like F18´s or Tornado where its above the boom. But in both ways the arm is fixed to the boom.
On the other hand there are boats where the arm is at the mastbase or slightly higher, like Wouters F16 for example.
A-Cats and some Tornados have it also at the mastbase
Does it make a difference if the rotator arm is independent from the boom, and in which way?
Wouter described something about that somewhere ago, I searched back in the threads but couldn't find it.
Holger
