"DSK" wrote

Why isn't the Vang a Hoisting Device? The Hunter 19 vang was a 3:1
purchase on swivel pelican hooks, originally supplied as the
mainsheet
which it was marginally suitable for.

A HandyBilly!


We used it with a gin pole for
raising the mast, on those few occasions I didn't lever it up by
hand
(carefully lifting at the 25% mark).


That's impossible, according to Moron.



How much tension should be put on a Vang? Can a strong Deck Ape
over
apply tension by hand?

Yes, definitely.

What would fail / bend first?




Scotty