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Thanks:

I appreciate your insight. I think I am going to try
the Wednesday night racing. Granted I have alot to
learn and the magothy/annapolis crowd appears to be
really competitive. I am really hungry for
information and suggestions.


I still have the atomic four and I got it running
nicely. Can you tell me the max RPM you get at full
throttle. Mine does not reach 2K RPM and I am
wondering if this is normal with the 2 blade prop.

Thanks again


am
--- calebjess@... wrote:

I tend to agree with tartan27plee on this issue. I
see no reason to
run the jib halyard back to the cockpit at all. Our
jib is on a Furlex
RF and we raise the jib once a season and take it
down only once under
normal circumstances. Of course the furler control
line is routed back
to the cockpit. The main halyard on our boat is
routed back to a self
tailing winch that the PO installed on the cabin
roof (doghouse) just
forward of the cockpit. This arrangement is fairly
useful as we raise
and lower the main at least once each time out.
Raising the main still
requires someone to go forward to the mast to get
the best leverage and
someone in the cockpit tailing the halyard as the
sail goes up. Our PO
(previous owner) also installed reefing lines in the
main sail that are
routed back to the cockpit which are useful if you
do a lot of short
handed or solo long distance cruising. We are not
currently using the
reefing line setup as they can make raising and
lowering the main a bit
more difficult.


-----Original Message-----
From: tartan27plee <tartan27plee@...>
To: T27Owners@...
Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 2:49 pm
Subject: [T27Owners] Re: halyards back to cockpit







AM,

I have spoken to many sailing experters regarding
this very topic,
running the
halyards aft. In
general most people I've asked did not recommend it
for these two main
reasons:

* You will have the better leverage pulling the line
from directly
under the
mast. The more
blocks it passing through the harder it is to pull
it tight.

* Once the main/jib is raised, you will have many
feet of extra lines
that will
you will have to
find a place for.

I hope this helps, and I am curious to read other's
opinions as well.

Paul




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In my earlier post ("halyards back to cockpit" June 27) I neglected to mention that on the "dog house" roof there is also a small winch. No need to leave the cockpit to raise the main: I simply hand over hand pull it up, and then give a couple quick wraps on the winch and crank her up the final 4 inches. Winch uses the same handle as the jib sheet winches. Very easy and quick.