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#73334 04/24/06 11:31 AM 04/24/06 11:31 AM |
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Posts: 1,200 Vancouver, BC | I've had this on my Tornado for ~1 year now. Got it for the exact reason you state...I'd had 2 cases of the crew putting the hook through the deck/hull in less than 1 year. If you get the system, pay for the Carbon units, not the plastic (Alum is OK, but quite a bit heavier than the carbon). Also, most trap buckets will take the system, but some (like the Gul Nappy style) have a sewn in lower strap, so you've got the rip out the stiches to remove the original hook and sewn in the keyhole unit.
Mike.
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#73336 04/24/06 01:43 PM 04/24/06 01:43 PM |
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | I'm sure we have these trapeze systems right here in our catsailor.com On-line Marine Store. We have thousands of items in our store and are adding new ones every day, so when you are looking for something, please check here first. Every time you buy something through our store you are helping to support this web site and these forums. Thanks! | | | Re: Experience With Ball/Keyhole Trapeze System
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#73339 04/24/06 11:18 PM 04/24/06 11:18 PM | Anonymous
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From what I have seem in the forums over the last 6-8 months. Go with the carbon fiber spreader, the plastic has problems with breakage.
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#73340 04/24/06 11:56 PM 04/24/06 11:56 PM |
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 66 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA ReefedOne
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Posts: 66 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | I would like to try them. The lightweight and flat profile for ease of re-boarding are certainly plusses. On the one hand, if you do wind up underneath the boat, there's one less major thing to snag on anything... on the other hand, if something else on your personal gear snags, and you can't move in the direction of your head, there's no QUICK-RELEASE feature to UNHOOK you from the trap line, and let you move in the direction of your feet. Probably as this system evolves and gains popularity, a QR version will emerge. In the meantime, I will have to cobble up a waterproof electronic sound-effects gizmo, which will emit a simulated metallic "clink" when the plastic ball goes into the carbon slot, LOL. | | | Re: Experience With Ball/Keyhole Trapeze System
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#73343 04/25/06 04:42 PM 04/25/06 04:42 PM |
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Posts: 805 Gainesville, FL 32607 USA | I have used it for a year on 2 A-cats and am pretty happy with no more hull damage from the hook. Disadvantage is slower hooking up (balling up?) on roll-tacks (racing tacks) as about 3 more seconds are needed to find the keyhole.
Another disadvantage- You may have seen me at the first windy race in Islamorada hanging out over the front of the boat- still on the wire. Trying to avoid the lee boat (Jay Glaser) just after the mark while still on the wire, I lost it and swung out wide. It is a Helpless feeling hanging there, waiting an eternity for the boat to go over frontwards. It would have been the same with a hook- pretty hard to get off it, up in the air and caught around the port forestay.
PS: The plastic plates are crap and break right away.
Otherwise, it may be good for large sail-persons to climb back onboard at the rear crossbar to avoid hook damage: Get your heel up on the hull, back of your arm over the rear crossbar to hold onto a hiking strap, then lever on board Belly Up. Try it- easy and quick. I had a bad shoulder then and it helped.
Dacarls: A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16 "Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
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#73344 04/25/06 06:34 PM 04/25/06 06:34 PM |
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Posts: 606 League City, TX | Otherwise, it may be good for large sail-persons to climb back onboard at the rear crossbar to avoid hook damage: Get your heel up on the hull, back of your arm over the rear crossbar to hold onto a hiking strap, then lever on board Belly Up. Try it- easy and quick. I had a bad shoulder then and it helped.
I started doing this after putting a few dings inside the hull at the front cross bar. It works well and you can keep the boat rounding up by grabbing the rudder arm as you climb aboard. | | |
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