Can the mast be stepped while the spinnaker is rigged, ie to pass under a bridge? I would love to try this but there is a low bridge between my normal launch point and the bay where I sail.
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When starting the installation of the swivel cam cleat at 4:00 there is one pretapped hole, when starting installation of the second mounting screw at 4:25 it's said to use a self tapping screw but a regular machine screw is clearly picked-up and used. I'm I correct in assuming the audio instructions are exactly the proceedure and some of the video deviates from it (i.e. it's not properly mounted, and just has a short machine screw in the outboard hole that isn't really attached)?
I didn't notice before, both holes are shown pretapped. I've only rarely used self tapping screws before, do they make standard threads that can be later used with regular machine screws? I'm just wondering now if tapping the hole would produce better results (i.e stronger and more easily replaced in the event of swivel cam failure).
@@Strure In fact, I was hoping to remove mine, which was installed with self-tapping screws, and it seems to not be possible without drilling out the screw.
The Spinnaker sail will increase top speed but it's main advantages are being able to sail a deeper angle downwind and increased light air sailing while sailing off the wind.
+whynot64928 TI is the way to go. I've had 4 people on mine. Although usually 2 people and 2 dogs. They need to make those new vantage seats backwards compatible too.
