02-04-2021, 12:28 PM
Naively I would think that rigging screws used on a 30/40 foot ocean going sailer to hold the mast up would be more than strong enough to stand the foot (or even the hand) brake pressure on a Seven!
Currently I am trying to adjust the M/Minor hand brake cables on my AG which has an all Minor hydraulic set up....I'm getting there, but my "problem" is cables that are too long. In terms of strength the hand brake connection at the backplate is a link made from about 20g steel strip bent into a loop!
I have some new cable shorteners (now frowned on, if not downright illegal), but won't use them! (One of my sevens in the late 50s had so many of these horrors strung along the brake cables you could hardly see the cable!)
Currently I am trying to adjust the M/Minor hand brake cables on my AG which has an all Minor hydraulic set up....I'm getting there, but my "problem" is cables that are too long. In terms of strength the hand brake connection at the backplate is a link made from about 20g steel strip bent into a loop!
I have some new cable shorteners (now frowned on, if not downright illegal), but won't use them! (One of my sevens in the late 50s had so many of these horrors strung along the brake cables you could hardly see the cable!)