Alan and everyone,
Thank you very much for your help.
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- Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:22 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
- Replies: 9
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- Fri Apr 13, 2018 3:26 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
- Replies: 9
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Re: Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
Thanks JPA and Alan. I was hoping someone would have tried Dyneema. What thickness would you advise so that the knot fits both the halyard lock fork and still runs through the mast head block?
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:29 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
- Replies: 9
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Re: Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
Thanks Peter, I was looking for an easy solution from the comfort of my desk. I've moved house recently (as I think I've read that you have,) and my boats are now some distance away, while the guy who has the crimping device is even further, and is only there during his working day. So it's all a bi...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:57 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
- Replies: 9
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Halyard wanted for Classic Finn with Needlespar mast.
Hi All, Someone walked off with the halyard for my Finn sometime in January. Before I measure up and get a new one made, I thought I'd ask if anyone had a spare one going? It's a standard '70s era Needlespar mast with the 'v' shaped fitting near the top, to catch the 'crimped thinghie' on the wire. ...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:28 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Flying Dutchman Mast For Sale - K70
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Flying Dutchman Mast For Sale - K70
Hi All. I've a fully rigged, early aluminium, Flying Dutchman Mast for sale. I believe it's from FD K70. I also have a main and jib from K70, which are 'usable', but like the mast, not exactly recent. I intend to put them all on Ebay, but thought I'd try the CVRDA first. I know nothing about FDs, bu...