| What are chicken wires? #137876 03/27/08 08:12 AM 03/27/08 08:12 AM | Anonymous
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I never heard of them before so i did a search on here. I found that they are safety wires but i don’t know how they work or where they would be used. Can you explain? Pics would be appreciated. Thanks - Andrew | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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Posts: 6,049 Sebring, Florida. | First off, it's not a "wire" but a line that is anchored to somewhere on the back of the boat, for the purpose of keeping the crew from being flung forward when you stuff the bows into a big wave. There are so many different set ups on different boats, to try to describe exactly how they are set-up would fill a book. I'm sure someone can post a picture of their set-up.
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Posts: 2,584 +31NL | I have seen allot of posts with the term chicken wires in them lately.
I never heard of them before so i did a search on here. I found that they are safety wires but i don’t know how they work or where they would be used. Can you explain? Pics would be appreciated. Thanks - Andrew Here's a clear picture from the Tiger Worlds that shows pretty clearly what it is and does. Basically its a piece of line that attaches to the transom (rudder casting in this case), then it runs through the rearbeam where it connects to a piece of shockcord to keep it tight when its not in use. | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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Posts: 531 Lake Murray SC | A must on a H16 back when there were actually ABC race courses.
Nowadays everyone is too afraid of stuffing it on a reach to race the classic Olympic course... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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#137881 03/27/08 10:53 AM 03/27/08 10:53 AM |
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Posts: 733 Home is where the harness is..... | Nowadays everyone is too afraid of stuffing it on a reach to race the classic Olympic course... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> No, the ABC courses don't work well for spi boats, I don't thik it has anything to do with being chicken or not... | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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#137882 03/27/08 12:05 PM 03/27/08 12:05 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Nowadays everyone is too afraid of stuffing it on a reach to race the classic Olympic course... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> No, the ABC courses don't work well for spi boats, I don't thik it has anything to do with being chicken or not... Yeah, it takes all the tactics out of it and turns the triangle legs into a parade. Don't get me wrong, I like a good parade - especially if I'm the MC out front.
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#137883 03/27/08 01:25 PM 03/27/08 01:25 PM | Anonymous
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Unregistered | Nowadays everyone is too afraid of stuffing it on a reach to race the classic Olympic course... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> No, the ABC courses don't work well for spi boats, I don't thik it has anything to do with being chicken or not... If remember (and it was a LONG time ago (LOL)),brain drain. I never used the chicken line on my 16 on a reach. Just going to weather on the old ABC courses (got knocked between the tramp and hulls 6 times on one weather leg in 40 mph winds). Just traveled out a bit coming around A mark, hung my butt cheek off the rear crossbar, had crew damm near sit up top on me and YEE HAA what a ride. Bows were inches from sticking most of the time and when they did go under, just sheet out. Crew pumping the jib. Would bury it to crossbar, let sails out and fly again. Those were the good old days in Div 6. Made every race on circuit for two years <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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Posts: 23 Vancouver, WA | Nowadays everyone is too afraid of stuffing it on a reach to race the classic Olympic course... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> No, the ABC courses don't work well for spi boats, I don't thik it has anything to do with being chicken or not... Yeah, it takes all the tactics out of it and turns the triangle legs into a parade. Don't get me wrong, I like a good parade - especially if I'm the MC out front. I was surprised at a few regattas last year - they ran some reachers on a few courses. It wasn't a parade - many people had never effectively done reaches before, and their trim was far too much like their downwind trim. Everything's flying correctly but you are somehow going 1/2 the speed of everyone else! With more experience sailors I bet it's less of a challenge though unless it is blowing hard, hard, hard. The A-B leg is a parade for sure, but the B corner and the B-C leg can be fun to do something you don't normally do. Ah well... | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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Posts: 531 Lake Murray SC | Nowadays everyone is too afraid of stuffing it on a reach to race the classic Olympic course... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> No, the ABC courses don't work well for spi boats, I don't thik it has anything to do with being chicken or not... Don't work well? It is one more aspect of sailing properly for the given course. People make mistakes, wind direction and force changes, so I do not agree it will just be a parade. Even if it is not as tactical, it is the fastest point of sail, so why not include it it in a ABABCAB course? Isn't going like a bat out of hell the reason we sail cats??
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | It's the guys already at the back that usually get hammered by it. But maybe it's the guys at the back who need to at least have some FUN even though they are losing, so they feel like it is worth coming back for more racing. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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Posts: 531 Lake Murray SC | It's the guys already at the back that usually get hammered by it. But maybe it's the guys at the back who need to at least have some FUN even though they are losing, so they feel like it is worth coming back for more racing. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Bingo! I wonder if all the focus on creating more tactical racing has hurt sport. If you are going to have a 5 to 9 race regatta, why not mix up the courses?
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | It's the guys already at the back that usually get hammered by it. But maybe it's the guys at the back who need to at least have some FUN even though they are losing, so they feel like it is worth coming back for more racing. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I actually take offense at that... given that I am probably on the losing end more than not. To assume that you have to be winning to have fun is kind of silly. I have had a blast getting myself into last place actually <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> | | | Re: What are chicken wires?
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#137893 03/27/08 05:38 PM 03/27/08 05:38 PM | Anonymous
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#137894 03/27/08 07:27 PM 03/27/08 07:27 PM | Anonymous
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Posts: 1,383 Kingston SE South Australia | Our courses all include ABC and a couple of months ago while I was on the transom the downhaul let go, the boat didn't know whether to go over forwards or sideways as it skipped over waves I had no control until the gybe mark. It took me two weeks to decide it was fun <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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