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tobo2
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Posted: 15 June 2020 at 19:30 |
Inspecting the line organisation at the mastfoot we were perplexe seeing that there was no free place to put the stretcher for the jib halyard on the portside. (s. pic). If you have a spinnaker halyard (green) there is no free position for the jib halyard stretcher. For me this is a common setup (with classic main). What are your sugestions? |
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tobo2
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The solution was found by our rigger: Take the reef-rope, make a knot and pull hard! Simple but effective. |
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samuel
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That looks a neat system to save having a long length of halyard in the cockpit. (I assume that is what it is). It also saves having the cost of an extra long dynema halyard. But may I ask what happens if you want to, say, change from ST to genoa? presumably there is a risk that as you unhook the dynema halyard from the hook you could have it shoot up inside the mast before you get a tail onto it. May I ask what you do to prevent what could be a calamity. An inexperienced crew could easily make a mistake- Or is there something to stop that? Or have I got it all wrong? Also, may I ask that if one used the reef line to pull the car down how do you get the knot undone to use the line for reefing. Then, having reefed , how do you then go about adjusting the halyard whilst sailing, because the reef line is now tight. Sorry if this is way off thread, but not having seen this before I am interested.
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tobo2
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Well Samuel, this was a very improvised solution by the rigger, as he had no time for further discussions. But having second thoughts, you could use the outhaul line of the main coming out of the boom, inserting a shakel and temporarily use it as pulling line for the jib car. Don't worry about the halyard coming off the hook when releasing, but of course you should have attached the furler line (supplied with a small special shakel to fit the opening on the mast) especially if you want to take down the sail. If it is only for the purpose of giving more stretch as the sail - especially when they are new - wrinkles, there is no danger. Update: Having second thoughts, I found a professional solution: The outhaul line is replaced by the jib halyard and connected close to the mast foot to the outhaul coming out of the boom with a shakel. (s. pic). For straight pulling alignment to the jib car the position of the halyard is exchanged with the reef 2 line. So for normal sailing the jib halyard works as the outhaul. In case of jib "work" (stretching/releasing- dropping or hoisting) you unclip the halyard at the mastfoot and lead it to the car. Edited by tobo2 - 23 June 2020 at 21:06 |
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