575/588 - Ropes

Ropes

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Topic: Ropes

Posted By: German
Subject: Ropes
Date Posted: 16 April 2021 at 03:11

I miss more stoppers for additional ropes on my 575.

I wonder if anyone felt the same and made any change. The room for stoppers is tight...

Thank you

Replies:

Posted By: Black Diamond
Date Posted: 17 April 2021 at 16:01

More stoppers for what lines? I actually have an open stopper I haven't used yet. Maybe this is an outcome of the roller furling boom, but I'm curious as to why you need stoppers.

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Rick
S/V Black Diamond
Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161
Newport, RI

Posted By: Wayne's World
Date Posted: 17 April 2021 at 16:54

German,

We have the slab reef standard mainsail arrangment. I fitted two permanent preventers to our 575. I replaced the portside single clutch on the bulwark which was for the headsail furling line with a double, one is used for the furling line and one for the preventer. I mounted the original single clutch from the portside onto the stbd side bulwark. I dispensed with the German Sheeting system and just have the main sheet going to the port clutch bank. This gave me a spare clutch on the stbd bank which I moved the Vang line to. This meant I then had a spare clutch on the port side clutch bank and I used that for the Topping lift which was originally on a cleat on the mast.

So now on the port side clutch bank I have (Port to stbd)-

ST headsail halyard.

Gen halyard

Topping lift

Reef 2

Mainsheet

On the STBD side clutch bank I have

Vang

Main outhaul

Reef one

Main Halyard

ST headsail sheet.

Hope this helps.

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Wayne W
Cruising, currently in the Pacific until the end of 2026.

Posted By: Black Diamond
Date Posted: 19 April 2021 at 00:36

Nice... I didn't run the preventer back, that helps... I supposed I could use the messenger/open stopper for it, but its not used all that often.

Port Side:

Spinaker Halyard

ST Headsail Halyard

Mainsheet (German system)

ST Headsail Sheet

(open with messenger)

Starboard Side:

Leisurefurl Boom Furling Line

Leisurfurl Boom Vang

Main Halyard

Main Sheet (German system)

Topping Lift

FWIW

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Rick
S/V Black Diamond
Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161
Newport, RI

Posted By: German
Date Posted: 19 April 2021 at 03:11

Thank you for the answers

I miss two ropes. One spare halyard to climb the mast if needed while the mainsail is up.

Another for a second spi. I have one screacher, that I use with a 2x1 reduction halyard and would love to use the gennaker with a simple halyard to be easily put down.

Those two ropes would make me feel more secure while Sailing.

I will use the idea of a single Mainsheet to add one more stopper

Thank you again.

Posted By: Wayne's World
Date Posted: 19 April 2021 at 14:24

German,

I use the topping lift as my safety line when going up the mast. Likewise it could be used to climb the mast if your main sail was up. I upgraded the topping lift to Dyneema so it could be used as a main halyard if the main halyard failed whilst sailing or got damaged.

Regarding the extra SPI halyard I guess the only option is to fit a clutch to the mast.

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Wayne W
Cruising, currently in the Pacific until the end of 2026.

Posted By: German
Date Posted: 03 July 2021 at 01:33

I have followed your recommendation and changed the german system for a single mainsail rope.

It seems that the rope is putting more pressure on the stopper and looses a few centimeters when out of the whinch.

Please let me know where you fixed the other end of the line.

Thank you

Posted By: Fendant
Date Posted: 03 July 2021 at 03:32

I use a stopper at the mast for the ST jib halyard. This frees one clutch on the port side.

In port the jib is protected by a cover. The hoisting line for this is also on a light stopper at the mast.

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Frank