Quick question, apologies for the hijack...
Are you happy with your Selden sprit? I'm thinking of picking one up, and I think I have my installation pretty well sorted... But, any issues you might have had, or additional considerations I should know about?
Thanks...
No issues, but one useful thing to know..
Selden make many different versions of the "bow ring" and when I bought mine not all where listed in the catalogs. Luckily "my" rigger stocked most so we could test for best fit.
Plan before you buy, we used a spinn pole to check directions and angles.
On our boat the bowsprit diameter is more than for the spinn pole - take that into the equation.
We had to make an adapter plate to fit the ring.
Rest is just cutting the tube and fix end fittings.
The aft end is fixed using folding pad eyes - we have three
-Fully extended
-Half extended - we use this with the Code 0
-Retracted
The load here is downwards on the deck and sideways so only small backing plate needed.
Also fitted a bobstay for the code 0 loads
In this pic you can see
-the code 0 on furler
-Adjustable tack 1:2, this also prevent the furler from rotating during operation.
Aft end
Lead for the tack
The bobstay goes inside the tube and is cleated on the port side of the bowsprit.
The rotating ring bolted on to the adapter
Side view of the pointy end