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On my boat (28' S2), I carry my dinghy on deck and its sorta hard to
see over, but........
My original backstay had a piece of wire cable spliced into it about 6'
off the transom with a stainless clip on it. I am not really sure what
it was for , maybe in lieu of a topping lift to hold the end of the
boom up. When I had a new backstay made, they copied the old one
exactly so I still have it. So........I want to make a chair suspended
from this attachment allowing me to sit in comfort, high enough to see
over the dinghy, steering with teh tiller extension. The chair would
rock with the boat. Any thoughts on how to do this?
It was a topping lift substitute. I used mine exclusively for when I wasn't
using the boat, it was a short trip under engine, or I forgot about it when
I tried to raise the main. g My home-made lazy jacks were fine for
temporarily holding up the boom.
I'm not sure I'd want to use it for chair support... seems like you'd be out
of control and you might do damage to the connection with all that swinging.
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"j" ganz @@
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