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Faster, more precise and intuitive than hydraulics for backstay control on modern high performance rigs,our Magic Wheels are standard equipment on X-Yachts X-35. Mounted below deck, the Magic Wheel has a highly efficient ball bearing hub for spooling the primary control line, which leads in from an external 3:1 or 4:1 block cascade.
The hub unit is coupled to a large diameter composite wheel supplied by the builder, which spools the secondary control line. Trimming the secondary control line (usually led through to a cockpit console) turns the large wheel, in turn driving the Magic Wheel to trim the backstay at power ratios of around 80:1 depending on the diameter of the composite wheel.
