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When i bought the boat in 2002, she had a nearly new genoa with hanks, on a twin forestay system. I knew this would present all sorts of dangers, so i bought a plastimo system.

As the original forestays were both undersized and worn out, i decided to have a new uprated forestay made, and ensure that the length would be perfect for the SD23 geometry.

I also had a new halyard made with a spliced s/s eye, correct length and spare, as original rotten.

after sea trials, i realised the best way of sheeting was to use a single light sheet knotted thru clew, not anything heavy or use a coupling that could injure deck crew in a gale.

Another thing i learned was that for reliable operation the halyard should be looser than the forestay tension, then its effortless and doesnt jam.

From what i hear, plastimo is the best system you can buy, other systems have awkward procedures and maintainace issues.

look below for all dimensions, and mods ideas - more info in the spars>furling genoa page

hover your mouse over pics for details, click to blow up

neatly rolled up on the water

all new and overhauled including matched halyard renewed 2002

March 2010 the system was taken off the boat, inspected in GWO, and photographed measured as you can see.

for transportation, being over 8m complete, i would suggest either flatbed lorry delivery, or i can drill out a few replacable rivets in the middle to allow folding onto roof rack safely, or even remove all rivets so it could then be shipped worldwide under 2m long. (new rivets supplied). Also assembly manual can be included.

Dimensions,

as it is, the system has length overall of 8.72m (note my measure was only 5m long so i marked and measured again in pics)

the longest luff sail (stretched) you can fit is 8.11m (between to 0.2m mark, and 0.15m below the cap which is @ 8.46m)

The furling Genoa I have with it is 7.57m, which is ideal as you can set it low as i did, or with a rope underneath a bit higher for safer visibility.

This length is the halyard 8.65m + 7cm of the drilled strips for bolting, under the furling drum, but as you can see, these can be removed if you need it up to 7cm shorter. If you want it much shorter than that, its an easy to modify system, that I originally assembled as a kit - you just drill out top cap rivets, saw the alloy shorter, and drill/re-rivet cap, if you can get halyard re-swaged in situ. otherwise you drill out half the rivets to dissasemble completely to remove wire liners and then complete forestay. I can supply the online plastimo kit instructions and also some spare parts please ask.

To lengthen for a higher mast, you could shackle the missing inches, or have a measured strop made to shackle imbetween. I would advise NOT to lengthen the alloy tubes more than a metre or two, because you will start to find the pressure developed from a much larger sail is beyond recommended limits

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