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Mainsail downhaul, L380, NOT sq top

Scott Jay All Messages By This Member #25671 I need to put a downhaul on the head of my mainsail. When dropping the main, the last 10' never makes it down. Not that big an issue to get it except when it is blowing 20 and there are 4' seas. It is NOT a sq top. Looking for what others have done. What type of rope, size, where did you attach to, how you lead it down the mast, and how you led it to cockpit. Am specifically interested in L380 owners on the how you led it back to the cockpit as the 380 mast step is in a 'well' and not flush with the deck. So putting a turning block at the base doesn't work well, one would have to be put into the mast itself. Complicates things. Thanks.
trgresham All Messages By This Member #25674 开云体育 I saw a pretty smart solution on a L400 that would work for any model and was completely removable when not needed. It was made of 1/8 or 3/16 spectra and one of those low friction rings. The ring was held in place at the bottom of the mast with a strop around the mast (strop length just slightly bigger than the diameter of the mast with an eye splice in each end) and a soft shackle connecting the strop eyes to the ring. The downhaul spectra line then runs from the helm to the ring and then to the top of the sail (either to the halyard shackle or its own soft shackle). He said it works great... easy, cheap, and no extra holes drilled into your boat.? Cheers, Tim (Former) 2011 L400 #104 toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Jun 30, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Scott Jay <jbinbi@...> wrote: I need to put a downhaul on the head of my mainsail. When dropping the main, the last 10' never makes it down. Not that big an issue to get it except when it is blowing 20 and there are 4' seas. It is NOT a sq top. Looking for what others have done. What type of rope, size, where did you attach to, how you lead it down the mast, and how you led it to cockpit. Am specifically interested in L380 owners on the how you led it back to the cockpit as the 380 mast step is in a 'well' and not flush with the deck. So putting a turning block at the base doesn't work well, one would have to be put into the mast itself. Complicates things. Thanks.

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