Outhaul option?

[rewired]

My outhaul slide and swivel are on their last legs...

I've read the things people on the forum have done in the past, and wonder if this approach has been tried before (or if you think it's a viable alternative)?

I'm considering trying one of these coated stainless 3/4" track slides for the boom attachment

Flat Internal Track Slide 3/4" (Stainless Steel)

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using this approach with 3/4" webbing to attach it to the ring at the clew

Then using the long d shackle currently attached to the swivel to reconnect the outhaul cable end to the ring at the clew.

Here's a picture of what I have now:


Please let me know your thoughts -

Is this a sound approach or should I go a different direction?

Thanks!

Tony

 

[terry_thatcher]

It all depends on if the slug moves easily, which you will discover quickly. Looks like it should work. I learned to clean the slug groove well and then use SailKote liberally. I also got rid of the wire and now use dyneema. You can access the internal rigging if you can get the gooseneck fitting off the front of the boom. If I recall, I had to have my machinist drill out the fasteners and retap the fitting. The gooseneck bolts, of course, had been installed in 1979 without anything like TefGel.

 

[rewired]

Thanks, Terry!

I'll order a couple (adding a spare is only a few bucks).

I may stick with the cable for now until we haul her out for the peak of hurricane season (September and October).

Also looking at getting wind instruments and an electric windlass installed while we're on the hard.

I'll update and let everyone know how this does.

Tony

 

[david_buckley]

Just lash it around the boom 4 times with 1/4" spectra. That's what I did about 15 years ago when that silly part broke on me. Or go to a sail maker and ask for a velcro clew keeper. Thats nylon webbing with velcro stiched to it, same deal it wraps around the boom about four times but the velcro holds it without knots. This is the way most modern boats are rigged. My new sail is loose footed with a nylon clew keeper, I love it for hurricane prep because it is much quicker to remove and put back. It seems like a jig rig to some but with the multiple passes it has a higher breaking strength than the pin and it has more bearing area/less point loads on the boom.

 

[rewired]

Just lash it around the boom 4 times with 1/4" spectra. That's what I did about 15 years ago when that silly part broke on me. Or go to a sail maker and ask for a velcro clew keeper. Thats nylon webbing with velcro stiched to it, same deal it wraps around the boom about four times but the velcro holds it without knots. This is the way most modern boats are rigged. My new sail is loose footed with a nylon clew keeper, I love it for hurricane prep because it is much quicker to remove and put back. It seems like a jig rig to some but with the multiple passes it has a higher breaking strength than the pin and it has more bearing area/less point loads on the boom.

Thanks, David!