That was a long time ago, but here’s my best recollection: Looking on-line, I believe we used a high-load Wichard head thimble shackle -- the kind with the blue plastic to hold the spliced eye. I had the eye professionally spliced by Rigging Only. As I recall, the pin was undersized for the mast fitting, so I added a bronze bushing to take up the space. In addition, even though we used low stretch line, Rigging Only did something additional to pre-stretch it. As I recall we used a standard snap shackle at the deck, which was probably the weak link (as was the case with the original wire stay). While I was at it, I also upgraded the baby stay track on the deck (which was beat) to a Schaefer mainsail traveler track and car – very robust. Schaefer sold me some undrilled track so I could match the holes. You can probably get something similar (and less expensive) from Garhauer.
Although not used very often, the system worked well. The line was easily capable of handling the load, and the babystay was taut about a third of the way down the track. We had very solid tension at the half-way point. I did this upgrade before non-steel standing rigging was readily available. My guess is that there are a lot more options now. From: Pete Shelquist via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2018 11:32 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Pete Shelquist Subject: Re: Stus-List Shackle for Genoa sheets Matthew- what did you use for a mast fitting at the top of your babystay line? Get Outlook for iOS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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