I don't consider the power release an advantage since you add another
manual operation to using the vang. Increase the mech advantage of the
tackle if the spring or piston resistance is too much. On my boat, as
originally rigged with a soft vang, the lazy jacks performed the
topping lift function




On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:05:02 GMT, "Bart Senior"
wrote:

BB,

Based on his posts, I'd say Doug is probably the best sailor
in this whole group, and he is certainly the most outstanding
topic contributor.

Spinlock rigid vangs lock. Also hydraulic vangs don't have
a lock per se, but can be locked hydraulically. I've also seen
beefy mechanical screw type rigid vangs that can be locked in
any position. I've seen such mechanical devices used for
backstay adjusters where they are probably better suited.
Rigid vangs that lock in position are not uncommon.

The Spinlock is the rigid vang I've been considering, and the
reason I started this thread. Here is evidence that rigid vangs
do lock, as Doug stated.

http://us.binnacle.com/online/produc...&dept_id=15110

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I'm wondering about boats with floating goosenecks. My Ericson's
gooseneck can slide on a track, in lieu of a Cunningham, to flatten
the sail.

In such a case, a rigid vang may not have the play I need to
function properly. Also of concern is the fact that a rigid vang
would work against my boom downhaul. Anyone have any
experience with this?


wrote

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:38:18 -0400, DSK wrote:

All the ones I've seen also have locks.

...(stupid BS snipped) ...
I'm not surprised you don't know this. Maybe if you were other than an
armchair
wannabe sailor...

Maybe if you sailed anything other than a cheap old beater, maybe if you
had some experience with other than obsolete gear, maybe if you hung
around sailors who know how to sail and how to rig their boats properly,
you'd know that solid vangs have locks.

DSK

Just more proof that DSK is no sailor and simply parrots what he "thinks"
he
read in a magazine.

Please contact Garhauer, who is a major player, if not the biggest in this
field
and ask how many of their vangs have locks. Doug is an idiot of Jax
proportions.

BB