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Halyard lengths?

  • 29 Apr 2012 16:02
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    Reply # 905839 on 905184
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    Have:  On the mainmast, long enough to be able to use halyard to hoist cargo and equipment off dock and onto just about anywhere, including down into hold. 

    Wished to have done: A bit shorter on the mainmast halyards, longer on the foremast halyards for hoisting.  Main halyard rope tails are too long...
  • 28 Apr 2012 21:38
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    Reply # 905227 on 905184
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    Long enough to reach the person in the water.

    Kurt
  • 28 Apr 2012 21:38
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    Reply # 905226 on 905184
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    I'd add another couple of options:
    • Long enough to tie the halyard back clear of the mast when the sail is stowed.
    That's what I've had on my wingsails, a slightly different case because all parts of the halyard needed to be tied back, not just the fall. It had the effect of giving enough spare line to lower the sail bundle almost down to the deck, which was enough.
    • Long enough to allow for the way some rope shrinks in length as it ages.

    You can always tie on a tail to lower the sail bundle further than usual, to do work on it. 
  • 28 Apr 2012 19:58
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    Message # 905184
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    Flutterby has several choices on how long to make the halyard stretch to, in increasing lengths:
    • (Both) Short: Long enough to reach the topping lifts
    • (Mizzen) Long enough to reach a bimini/boom crutch/solar panel mount (not fabricated yet, but the minimum height is well enough defined to make a safe assumption.
    • (Mizzen) Long enough to set the yard down on the coachroof (fwd) and stern rail (aft)
    • (Mizzen) Long enough to set the yard down on the side deck.
    • (Main) Long enough to set the yard down on the coachroof.
    • (Main) Long enough to set the yard down on the side deck.

    What have the rest of you done? What have you WISHED you have done?

    I don't want to be stuck in a really difficult situation working on the sails...but I don't want to either waste lots of line, OR assure myself of extra line crowding the cockpit that never will get used.
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