35s5 Backstay Adjuster
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At one time Harken offered a high quality backstay adjuster that uses a standard winch handle to add or reduce tension to your backstay. There's one listed for sale in the "Classified Gear Ads" section on this site.
Here's a good review of some other manual adjusters.
www.practical-sailor.com
Here's a good review of some other manual adjusters.
Harken Boasts Best Overall Quality Among Backstay Adjusters - Practical Sailor
Since 1974, Practical Sailor’s independent testing has taken the guesswork out of boat and gear buying.
www.practical-sailor.com
I use this backstay adjuster. It is manual.
all I could find was a 12 mm pin. They may make others. It is by Wichard. Works great on my mast head boat.
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all I could find was a 12 mm pin. They may make others. It is by Wichard. Works great on my mast head boat.
Backstay adjuster - With wheel - For 5/6/7 wire - Dia pin 12 mm | Wichard Marine
The article Backstay adjuster - With wheel - For 5/6/7 wire - Dia pin 12 mm is on the Wichard Marine website! Discover all our Ridoirs and all our product ranges.
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A picture might help for those of us outside the .Bene 34s5 sphere. Your budget might also be helpful. Finally, how do you see it being used. Are you wanting to race or just increase your sail trim options. Race boats use the backstay adjuster A LOT!,, like every point of sail, every weather and sea state condition, every headsail type.... all have settings.. so an easy operating, powerful system is a must. The wheel type (which I have on my masthead rigged boat) is very powerful, but is slow to operate. The hydraulic type is very powerful and pretty quick to operate, plus it can be easily preset. The mechanical type, such as the winch handle type mentioned by Ted is interesting, you don't see them that much. On a 35 footer, with a full roach main and a big genoa but NO runners.. you're gonna need a powerful piece of kit. 6 , 8, 10, 12 to one system with dyneema (or wire) in the tackle for example.
