Typhoon Removable Compression Post

[ariasis]

I got around to installing this today. If you are interested in a detailed description check it out on my blog.

http://bristol-blue.blogspot.com/

[Skeep]

I want to ditto what Chris installed. I followed his advice and found the exact same bar and installed in much the same manner. My install can be viewed in detail the Baggy Wrinkles blogsite:

http://baggywrinkles.blogspot.com/


As for the differences, not much. However my bar's metal clip and pin was forced out of the slot by the downward compression of the mast while under sail. Chris and I discussed between our blogs the ups and downs of the bar already. But what I'd say here, is that while he wanted a bar for downwind and spinnaker support, I wanted one for the regular reaches and windier conditions. I don't have a spinnaker yet, so my concern was to stiffen up the leeward shrouds on a close reach. Here is what it looked like underway, a stiff 20 kts had been blowing for 2 hrs:



Before installation of the bar, my leeward shrouds underway, were not loose, they were waggling in the breeze loose! I knew they were taut while on the hard or at the rigging dock. Once underway they waggled like tin cans trailing a wedding party. The blog entries around late September and this time, early Oct 2013, reveal the fix and the results. I left the bar in place in the boat. Since it "fits" the space, it is not forcing any additional undue pressure on the cabin top, just linking the mast to the keel. Underway, as you can see in the last photo on the Oct 4th photo set, the leeward (portside) shrouds are taut now holding the mast more securely providing me more certainty of helm and speed. No further issues as of yet.

If I may be overlooking something I surely invite your comments!