[quote=Quarath][quote=pbegle]There is an aluminum plate under the standard bow tang, but the curved gunwale lip is sufficiently strong enough or 100,000 H-16's couldn't carry their bow tang in the front. The slight luff angle change makes little or no difference as proven by side by side sailing with std boat. The factory was not driven by "ease of use" in the late '70's. The boats that sell today are Hobie Wave, Getaway, or H-18's with wings. A clean tramp for rookie crews to move around on is a hugh plus for keeping new people interested particularly when you add barber haulers and the associated lines (that crews are always sitting on). Pete[/quote]
I've heard you say this in the past and I am interested in the idea as well. One question the bridle tangs have one screw that goes into a bar under the lip and another that goes up higher into the deck. What does this other one connect to and when moving them forward what do you connect this second screw to? Do you know the new length needed for the new bridles?
Unless your racing and P18's don't have a huge racing class do they? Then I am more interested in a clean tramp for passengers/crew than I am in performance as any racing I do is purely recreational.
I do however have a hard time when one of my son's who is heavy like me is sailing with me as there is no where for him to sit and I need him as far to the beam as possible to keep the bows down. I am pretty much always single handing with passengers so I am setting the jib myself and they are almost always in the way of the blocks especially if I have more than 1. I love my boat but if I was to look for another I'd look for a clean tramp and wings or something to make it more passenger friendly.
Pete do you have pictures?<!-- editby --><em>edited by: Quarath, Sep 24, 2010 - 02:52 PM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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