Here is what you do. you can buy one like this:
http://www.murrays.com/mm…_Code=C-RI&Store_Code=MS
Or you can make the same thing take a very small block similar to what you use for trap line return. use a short length of 1/8 in line and tie it to the pad eye you put your traveler knot through on the rear beam. You can add another tang if you want but you don't really need to.
Next you need a block big enough to handle the width of the line you choose to use for righting. If it is long enough you may be able to use the one you already have. tie or otherwise attach the block to the end of some shock cord. It should be long enough to reach from the from beam to the rear beam putting only a small amount of stretch in the line. Just enough to keep it taught. Run the other end of the shock cord through the small block you tied to the rear beam and back to your front beam. Tie it to your DS rod.
Now you have 2 choices. You can install a pad eye on each side of your front beam to tie the ends of your righting line 2 or do what I did and just tie the end of your righting line around the outside of your front beam. To do this with the tramp on push the line up through the front corner of one side of our tramp. Go around the front of your beam in a loop and reattach with a bowline knot. ( I actually went along the bottom of where the beam is attached to the hull and around the outside of the end cap keeping the line tucked under the lip and them back along the front.) Take the other end and run it through the block attached to the shockcord and back to the opposite front beam making a big V shape. Tie that end on the beam like the first one. Tie it so it is tight enough to be stretched tight while in the V shape.
Now from the bottom of the boat you can reach it and pull the shockcord will allow it to be pulled out to hang on to right the boat then when done the shock cord will automatically return it to its stored position. No need to get out and put away it's where you need it when you need it.
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Dustin Finlinson • Magna, UT
Member: Utah Sailing Association
1982 Prindle 18
1986 Hobie 17
1982 Prindle 16
1980 Prindle 16(mostly)
1976 Prindle 16(mostly)
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