I'm not a huge fan of the Velcro system that comes with the kit, so I've been looking for a suitable alternative.
Tonight I went to the local bead store. Loads of cool stuff! And it all comes in black! They have the same brass clasps that came with the kit, but they also have a slightly smaller version, and they have several different colors. I chose a black/gunmetal color instead of the brass colored ones.
They also had small black key-chain style rings. With these I think I'll be able to rig up something that will work.
In the picture below you can see the brass clasp that came with the kit, the blackish version that I found at the bead store, the smaller clasps, and the black rings. You can also see an experimental thing I'm working on with a slice of CF that fits over the boom. I've super-glued a ring to the boom just to hold it, and then wound steel Micro Cable around it, then finally put a drop or three of superglue to hold the whole thing together. It may be a better alternative to drilling and screwing through the boom and hardly weighs anything.
I also have on order some stuff from Long Beach RC. Ordered some steel shroud braid, a wind indicator and some 35mm adjustable rigging screws that I hope I can use on both the backstay and the boom vang. Should be fun trying to cobble together a system that both works well and looks good.
Trying to recover my enthusiasm after the crappy job I did on the varnish. :-P
Fair winds!
Tonight I went to the local bead store. Loads of cool stuff! And it all comes in black! They have the same brass clasps that came with the kit, but they also have a slightly smaller version, and they have several different colors. I chose a black/gunmetal color instead of the brass colored ones.
They also had small black key-chain style rings. With these I think I'll be able to rig up something that will work.
In the picture below you can see the brass clasp that came with the kit, the blackish version that I found at the bead store, the smaller clasps, and the black rings. You can also see an experimental thing I'm working on with a slice of CF that fits over the boom. I've super-glued a ring to the boom just to hold it, and then wound steel Micro Cable around it, then finally put a drop or three of superglue to hold the whole thing together. It may be a better alternative to drilling and screwing through the boom and hardly weighs anything.
I also have on order some stuff from Long Beach RC. Ordered some steel shroud braid, a wind indicator and some 35mm adjustable rigging screws that I hope I can use on both the backstay and the boom vang. Should be fun trying to cobble together a system that both works well and looks good.
Trying to recover my enthusiasm after the crappy job I did on the varnish. :-P
Fair winds!
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