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cayugaboater
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Initially Posted - 09/26/2009 : 20:23:54

As purchased, there is a plate holding the two backstays together, one wheel for each side, and what looks like a hole to put in a third wheel down and in between of the two above. Looking at pictures of some other boats rigged, I have a vague idea you hook this to somewhere with something like a boom vang arrangement?

It looks like I'm missing stuff, and I don't know how it should go, so any pics and/or advice would be great. I tried the search feature and found references to pictures, but the links came up dead.

89 wingkeel;std rig.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/27/2009 : 05:20:59

This page from the C25 Parts Manual should shed some light.

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cayugaboater
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Response Posted - 09/27/2009 : 06:47:23

well thats a lot more than i knew,but none of those parts resembles the existing piece that it came with that is presently holding the 2 backstays together. the existing piece is two pieces of flat steel holding the two backstays between them, with a wheel for one backstay and a wheel for the other and a hole below both of those wheels, centered between them, which looks like it would thake a pin to hold a third wheel to maybe run a line around. Do you think that piece on there is just random gear or something else? Oh yea, this is a 1989 c-25 if that helps.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 09/27/2009 : 08:19:01

It's kind of hard to see in the pictures below but your backstay adjuster probably looks similar to the one in the pictures below. It consists of two wheels with an attachment point and block below the wheels. The sheet attaches to a strap under the upper wheels goes down to a block at the lower end then back up and through the upper block and back down to the lower block where it's locked in place.

In the first picture you can see the mainsheet going straight down to the traveler and the backstay sheet going down to the right side of the traveler.

These pictures were taken a few days before Hurricane Ike. The line wrapped down the backstay that partly covers the backstay adjuster is the topping lift I finally got around to finish installing last weekend.

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cayugaboater
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Response Posted - 09/27/2009 : 19:01:29

yep. looks kind of like that, except the two wheels are more covered up and inside the steel plates that hold them and theres nothing attached to them, no block, no sheets, no nothing. Just a plate with 2 wheels in it on the two backstays and nothing to pull it down with. Trying to look at your picture as close as I can. Looks like I need more stuff.

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 09/27/2009 : 19:45:48

A couple of photos of what you have would be a real help.

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cayugaboater
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Response Posted - 09/28/2009 : 00:38:44

On closer inspecion its exactly what GaryB has, only its just the two wheels with nothing else attached to it.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/28/2009 : 03:45:09

Before you buy the parts, you should look in various lockers to see if the parts have been stowed away for some reason. If we removed parts for some reason, most of us wouldn't throw them away.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 09/28/2009 : 05:25:41

Here's a better picture of my backstay adjuster.

Btw, the name was from the previous owner and was removed last year. The new name is Andiamo but I haven't gotten around to putting it on the boat yet.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 09/28/2009 : 09:16:53

Here's a pic of mine...the ultimate in my KISS principle!

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HeelinPatrick
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Response Posted - 10/13/2009 : 07:25:55

So, mine is a 1981, and I only have one back stay chain plate (and one stay). I was thinking about getting an adjuster, but figurd would just work with the one stay plate, and not try to get two stays and do the split thing? That Ok?

Also, I see the jib car tracks on a few of the boats, the tracks are inboard (not curved and at the edge of the beam). What year was the switch over? Also, does that mean for those who have beam tracks, they should be using a barbra-hauler(sp?)?

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 10/13/2009 : 08:19:12

I have an 89 that has the jib tracks on the inside of the stantions.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 10/14/2009 : 20:33:50

Ya know, I never noticed my jib tracks were straight. If somone had asked me I would have sworn they were curved.

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 10/15/2009 : 10:12:06

Try page 30 here: http://www.csjohnson.com/marinecatalog/tmbs.htm Does it look like those?

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cayugaboater
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Response Posted - 10/16/2009 : 17:13:45

if you're referring back to my original inquiry, i figured out mine is like Gary's and I finally did find the rest of it stowed away as someone said on here, it was just in a place i didn't expect it to be. So, looks like I'll have my split backstay adjuster on by next year anyway, plenty of time to contemplate it thats for sure.

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