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Our 1967 Tartan is set up with the main halyard run back along the top of the cabin on the starboard side. There is a level controlled block there, through bolted on the roof. That has worked really well for us.
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The roller furling line runs aft on the port side through two stantion mounted eyes and a block to a cleat on the port toe rail. That has also worked great. I installed a super cheap but serviceable set of home-made lazy jacks. Confusing to explain, but simple..I hope this is clear: I just took a light line and tossed it over the spreader, stern to bow, on the port and then back again, bow to stern on the starboard. Each end of the line terminates in a small loop about 5 feet (rough guess) above the boom. On each side of the boom are two ss eyes about 5 feet apart (rough guess again). On each side a light line goes from forward eye, through the loop, back to the aft eye. Each end of that line connects to the boom's eyes with a simple plastic clip. It took a bit of trial and error to place the eyes where they work best. When not in use, we remove the two port clips from the boom and clip them to the port side of the base of the mast. Same for starboard. Total cost was under $15.? It has worked well for us for over 3 years...just a moment to move line from mast to boom before dropping sail. No flapping lines otherwise. Downside is that they don't come quite far enough aft....there is a bit of floppy sail aft after its dropped, but hardly any. A third line on each side is probably needed to make it perfect.? I can take and post some pics of any of the above if anyone is curious. Marty Marty Levenson, ba, bcatr. registered art therapist 604.736.1972 ____________________________ On 27-Jun-07, at 10:47 AM, morell_21114 wrote:
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tartan27plee
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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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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.
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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 Yahoo! Groups Links ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. |
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southsidemagician
Yes I'd like to see pictures.
Robbie Watts Southern Horizon --- In T27Owners@..., Marty Levenson <martylev@...> wrote: controlled block there, through bolted on the roof. That has worked reallywell for us.starboard. Each end of the line terminates in a small loop about 5 feet(rough guess) above the boom. On each side of the boom are two ss eyesabout 5 feet apart (rough guess again). On each side a light line goesfrom forward eye, through the loop, back to the aft eye. Each end ofthat line connects to the boom's eyes with a simple plastic clip. Ittook a bit of trial and error to place the eyes where they work best.When not in use, we remove the two port clips from the boom and clipthem to the port side of the base of the mast. Same for starboard.Total cost was under $15. It has worked well for us for over 3dropping sail. No flapping lines otherwise. Downside is that they don'tcome quite far enough aft....there is a bit of floppy sail aft afterits dropped, but hardly any. A third line on each side is probablyneeded to make it perfect.curious.
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We are going to the boat for a few days, so I should be able to take photos and post them next week.?
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Marty On 15-Jul-07, at 5:01 AM, southsidemagician wrote:
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forward pics to me I'll see if I can put documentation together and post it to
t-27.com.
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