| 摘要 |
A slider assembly (10) for lowering and raising a mast (12) which is pivotal about its base (14) and is supported by two sidestays (13) and a forestay (15). The slider assembly (10) comprises a slider (16), a pair of elongate members (18), and a first and second remote anchor points (19, 20) at the port and starboard sides, respectively, of a yacht (23). The slider assembly (10) further comprises means for slidably moving the slider (16) along the mast (12). The means for slidably moving the slider (16) comprises a downhaul system (24) connected between the slider (16) and a third remote anchor point on the deck of the yacht (23), and a winch (26), coupled to the downhaul system (24). The slider (16) comprises a slider body (28), a coupling (30) for connecting each of the elongate members (18) to the slider body (28), first means for transferring tensile loads in the elongate members (18), and second means for transferring compressive loads in the elongate members (18).
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