Inspired by Christian's design for carrying spare fuel I'm trying my hand at building a set of racks and was curious to get some opinions on how I might attach them to the stays (I'm on an Ericson 38). I couldn't find any details of his design, only that he had to make some adjustments when the stays went slack. My thought is to sandwich the stay between the rack and a board or two (see image), the inside of the racks will be hose-clamped to the hand hold.
I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on this. I was initially thinking to have the top and bottom mounts clamped down tight. Then I got to thinking maybe it would be better to only clamp either the top or bottom tight, or maybe just have them loose enough to allow the stays to slide around a bit. Of course some shakedown sails will inform this, but wanted to start with the collective wisdom of this forum first.
Any input would be more than welcome.
Thanks!
Matt
I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on this. I was initially thinking to have the top and bottom mounts clamped down tight. Then I got to thinking maybe it would be better to only clamp either the top or bottom tight, or maybe just have them loose enough to allow the stays to slide around a bit. Of course some shakedown sails will inform this, but wanted to start with the collective wisdom of this forum first.
Any input would be more than welcome.
Thanks!
Matt