[quote=Edchris177]We tie all our righting lines to the DS, the loose loop slides to the top. I've never seen it sit at the bottom while righting, & I have some experience with righting, in all kinds of conditions!
With friction over the hull, if my DS bends from righting, I wouldn't trust it to support the beam.
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Phillips boat looks like the beam has rotated within the straps vs bending the rod.(Or maybe he was raking the mast, & so purposefully rotated the beam a bit so that the mast was in line with the DS). You can see the end of the V brace strap is not at the bottom of the curve where the beam sits. I have done this on the 5.7 after some really hard bashing. The beam is prevented from rotating by the 1/2 moon chocks inside the front beam, like so;
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If the beam slips, it will travel until the bolt hits the edge of the hole,(possibly enlarged due corrosion), or until it hits the tramp track.
Who knows, he may have just set the boat up, I see the mast is still pinned to the ball. He would remove that pin before sailing.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by Edchris177 on Aug 04, 2017 - 10:04 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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