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removed cams

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Created by mort69 > 9 months ago, 13 Dec 2014
mort69
WA, 178 posts
13 Dec 2014 12:10PM
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hi,can anyone tell me what removing the cams will do to a sail,i cant get them into the mast and need to use it.rigged up camless it looks ok just a lot less pocket shape?its a tr3 6.6.

jn1
SA, 2458 posts
13 Dec 2014 5:22PM
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mort69 said..
hi,can anyone tell me what removing the cams will do to a sail,i cant get them into the mast and need to use it.rigged up camless it looks ok just a lot less pocket shape?its a tr3 6.6.



This question will have some of the speed guys on here twitchin, like in that 7 Minute Abs scene of the 'Something about Mary' movie.

I know what you mean about rigging up race sails though :)

ikw777
QLD, 2995 posts
13 Dec 2014 5:03PM
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That is not going to work.

powersloshin
NSW, 1705 posts
13 Dec 2014 7:53PM
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I think you should try and figure out why the cams don't fit. It could be the wrong mast in which case even removing the cams the sail would have a bad shape, or you are not using the right technique. Did you give it 1/2 downhaul, then pull the outhaul as tight as possible, then slacken all downhaul, press the cams in and re- apply full downhaul? If you don't do exactly like this you won't be able to fit the cams.

Stuthepirate
SA, 3590 posts
13 Dec 2014 7:45PM
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^^also make sure your mast goes on top of the battens when inserting the mast into the sleeve.
On top, so as when you reach through the cam zips your are pushing the battens down and rolling the cams under and onto the mast.




choco
SA, 4040 posts
13 Dec 2014 8:47PM
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mort69 said..
hi,can anyone tell me what removing the cams will do to a sail,i cant get them into the mast and need to use it.rigged up camless it looks ok just a lot less pocket shape?its a tr3 6.6.


Carantoc
WA, 6763 posts
13 Dec 2014 7:19PM
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I don't mean to be offensive but if you have to ask if you can remove cams from a cammed sail then I would suggest a cammed sail has no benefit to you and that you would be much better off in everyway with a no cam free ride sail.

Fair enough if you have been given a sail, it is your only option and you just want to get on the water, but any main brand no cam free ride sail from the last 5 years would, I suspect, suit you much better than struggling with a cammed sail.



mort69
WA, 178 posts
14 Dec 2014 4:48AM
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sweet,im going to give it another try, and you are 100 percent correct carantoc but if I don't get on the water bad things will happen lol,just kidding.....sort of. cheers



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