Mainly for tensioning, but can make it easier to connect your forestay as you don't need to have it fully tensioned to get your shackle pin through it's home on the bow. On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:14 PM, David Grah <d_b_grah@yahoo.com> wrote:
Sorry if I have fallen behind on this topic. These devices seem to be for tensioning the forestay and not for acting to quick connect the forestay. Is that right?
David Grah Bishop California Montgomery 15 - Sky
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:04:08 -0500 From: Chris Smith <chris.r.smith@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: : M-15 forestay device Message-ID: <CAPkEqagtKzUwFnWApc9=hGnNOJDrRtevWOC=24cKOs_xbU+uEw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Those look interesting... They're called Highfield Levers, Looks like you've got a Johnson type.
If anyone is interested, there are a couple varieties:
Annapolis Performance Sailing (APS) - Halyard, Stay, Highfield and Other Levers <http://www.apsltd.com/c-6558-halyard-stay-highfield-and-other-levers.aspx>
Annapolis Performance Sailing (APS) - Halyard, Stay, Highfield and Other Levers <http://www.apsltd.com/c-6558-halyard-stay-highfield-and-other-levers.aspx> Halyard, Stay, Highfield and Other Levers View on www.apsltd.com <http://www.apsltd.com/c-6558-halyard-stay-highfield-and-other-levers.aspx> Preview by Yahoo
-- Chris