tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722600973659444780.post3815259565003950347..comments2023-04-15T18:06:34.739+10:00Comments on Adam's Cherub Hull Build & On-going Development: Vang Designadam_boltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875881783860600192noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722600973659444780.post-28161164598297248302016-01-18T11:10:47.107+11:002016-01-18T11:10:47.107+11:00I wouldn't be too sure about the legality of a...I wouldn't be too sure about the legality of anything on Gimme More. Only because I know the owners.Reasonable Opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939451763480451131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722600973659444780.post-56383872988620731022011-05-08T18:31:48.027+10:002011-05-08T18:31:48.027+10:00Hi Ron,
Nice one,
Yes there is some debate over ...Hi Ron,<br /><br />Nice one,<br /><br />Yes there is some debate over this issue at the moment. At the nationals it was not protested, yet I was the only boat supporting this style of vang at the Adelaide nationals and didn't place particularly highly in the reggata. <br /><br />At the moment there are two schools of through.<br /><br />1. That the lever is considered a fitting and therefore exempt from the rule, for example fixed spreaders are a fitting which are glued onto the rig. Though that is also a potential grey area.<br /><br />2. That since it is glued/laminated to the boom it is therefore not a fitting and illegal.<br /><br />Since this has not actually been formally protested or discussed it is unclear whether the vang is legal or not.<br /><br />Although the next school of thought is that it is quite simple the make this type of vang into a removable fitting. Either by bolting a lever to the boom or attaching a strut and wire/specta brace arrangement (a brace quite close to the goose neck would still improve cockpit room). <br /><br />I would suggest that if you want to place one on your boat, you look at making it so it can be remove to be sure that it is legal, in the event that it is protested against at the next nationals. <br /><br />There is another cherub using a similarly unusual vang set up on "pocket rocket" that used to sail at Belmont and Lane cove that could also be considered illegal if it was not seen as a fitting.<br /><br />Hope this helps<br />Cheers Adamadam_boltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07875881783860600192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722600973659444780.post-10273652004765945142011-04-20T11:31:05.147+10:002011-04-20T11:31:05.147+10:00Hi Adam,
I ended up buying Dragon Slayers Inc fr...Hi Adam, <br /><br />I ended up buying Dragon Slayers Inc from Adelaide, and in talking to Dale Geddes the subject of this style of boom vang came up and he suggested they don't measure, and checking the rules "Spars must pass through a 105mm Ring when stripped of all fittings". What was the feedback from the measurers at the Nationals.. is the vertical leg considered a "Fitting". <br /><br />Gimme More had this vang as well. Surely it must be acceptable. <br /><br />Having now had a couple of sails on a Cherub, I can see a big advantage to crew space in this conversion.<br /><br />Ron GarnerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886588182428651392noreply@blogger.com