Dave Is to your concern with the working load of the pad eye or the shackle? What do you have for a stem-head fitting on your M15? Have been sailing with this pad-eye fitting since I purchased the boat 4 years ago, shackle is the same one that held my fore stay.. First season with the Harken roller furller. Been out in steady 20 K 30 K gusting winds with a double reef in the Main when I had a hank on jib. Most my Furller has seen is steady 15 k this season. George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails" On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
sorry for typo ... HARKEN 688 padeye :-)
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
looks like a Harkent 638 padeye. cast fitting. working loads are: vertical = 3800#, 45deg = 5000# and horizontal 4800#.
my concern with your setup George is all the shackles .. .especially the one under the drum attaching to the padeye.
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:08 PM, GILASAILR--- via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Is your bow chainplate a forged fitting? I would not recommend a cast fitting at this location.
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In a message dated 8/19/2016 9:43:17 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, griemmolo2@gmail.com writes:
We have had some rain here lately so I am a little late with the pics