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Arlyn Stewart
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Initially Posted - 01/24/2005 :  20:19:03  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Today's project was the typical design pedestal drink holder but with a mounting twist suitably for the trailer sailor. I love bungee.

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Response Posted - 01/25/2005 :  18:55:53  Show Profile
I've got what looks to be the same holder. Mine is attached with removable thumb clamps, that are screwed into the holder, but then rotate around the pedistal and clamp to themselves on the other side of each support.
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Response Posted - 02/06/2005 :  09:14:52  Show Profile
Arlyn,
In the short time I have been a part of this forum..."I LOVE BUNGEE" has been a repeated mantra for you! If you were on my dock you would have a T shirt by now!
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/06/2005 :  09:47:46  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Willy....ha ,

I bet I could write a treatise on the use of bungee on a small boat and name a dozen. Lets see<ul><li>hold the drink holder on the pedestal</li><li>jib sheet anti fouling line</li><li>baby stay retracter</li><li>self storing sail ties</li><li>jib sheet car standups</li><li>tie down on auxillary fuel locker</li><li>secure ice box </li><li>rudder hold down</li><li>soft link steering</li><li>load on burgee halyard</li><li>tie downs on awning</li><li>tie downs for lots of things when trailering</li></ul>
Did I reach twelve?
Actually, thinking of two more furture uses,
<ul><li>secure the two clews of my riding sail</li><li>and this one is to be tested someday, a parallel section of bungee in the topping lift...before you laugh, think about it...a parallel section about three feet long would replace the adjustable topping lift. It would lift the boom automatically for offwind light air shaping, it would keep the topping lift from slapping the roach of the main, it would automatically raise the boom to the reefing level saving two steps when reefing, if it works... I will become famous for having invented the Stewart topping lift :), if it doesn't work, I'll delete this post :(</li></ul>
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/06/2005 :  10:31:53  Show Profile
Arlyn,

Neat idea with the topping lift, but it wouldn't work to well on my boat due to the larger roach of my mains'l. The larger roach means that the leech overlaps my topping lift by quite a few inches and if my topping lift isn't well slackened, the leech and battens tend to snag on the topping lift. This results with me having to frantically swing the boom back and forth while swinging the topping lift to and fro to unhook the two.

I do like the concept and the imaginitive use of the "bungee"!
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 02/06/2005 :  11:00:10  Show Profile  Visit Arlyn Stewart's Homepage
Hey Don,

The vision of your yanking the boom around reminded me of Hobie Cat, and on light air racing days, I'd set the battens tiiiiight and when tacking or jibing the foil of course wouldn't pop over, and required a quick hard yank on the boom to pop the sail to the opposite foil.

And...yer right, the Stewart topping lift would probably not work if the roach overlapped the topping lift.
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