Re: Universal backup

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From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
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Subject: Re: Universal backup

> The pin that
> connects my universal joint to the board sheared at the rubber of the
> universal.

The webbing, of course, does not help in this situation. I have found
this bolt to be working loose on occasion as well.

I have added a 1" snaplink to the bungee at the end of my uphaul, and I
hook that into a 1" loop of line that goes through a nut in my mast
track. This gives me a completely independent board-rig attachment and
provides a point for tying the mast base to the track in case of a
universal failure.

It does, of course, make my universal no longer completely free to
rotate many times in one direction, but this rarely is an issue for me.

Ken Poulton
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