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An update on RCB stay slides

3 Questions: Takao Otani asked three questions about RCB stay slides:

1. will it be possible to fit on old boats with beveled deck? (the new deck mold is changed to be able to fit either the "ball bearing slide system" or the "C section track system" horizontally)

2. will the breaking load be different if the track is fixed on an angle?

3. if different, will it be possible to have an up-grading kit including wedge to fit "ball bearing slide system" horizontally onto old type deck?

And the answers, from Frank Bethwaite and Marting Sly, are:

1. yes, it will be possible to fit the new system to the existing deck profile on older boats, although no one has done it yet.

2. the breaking load is the same if the track is fitted on an angle, like the existing track; the car is designed to work at different angles.

3. there will be no need to alter any boats to retrofit the RCB track. Frank advises that there is room for the RCB track on both new and old decks, which will accommodate the 50mm ball “carriage” plus the 70mm slider stop with the stays in the correct places provided that the track is chamfered up for between 10 and 22mm to fit the change of profile of the gunwale. If a different restraint is used (e.g. a cleat, not the stop) there is ample room and no chamfering is needed.

A cleat that works

Martin Sly has sent a photo of the latest cleat arrangement, to restrain the car without using a slider stop. Martin reports that both he and Chris Parkinson are using this arrangement, and it works well.

The latest arrangment for restraining an RCB car.

Richard Spencer
Executive Secretary

Posted 2007-12-09

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