My mast is set up with the cam cleat for spin halyard as well. It then goes back to cockpit thru winch and clutch as you have described. Works well when mast/foredeck person is aware of it and uses it. Does tend to go into the cam cleat even when hoisted from cockpit and I have lost track of the number of times a takedown was delayed because of the mast cam cleat. If mast/foredeck person is consistent and on the ball should not be a problem however on smaller boats where this is foredeck person and no mast person the foredeck person is usually busy tripping the guy and unless they had checked the mast cam cleat before going fwd to trip the guy the delay will happen again
All that said it certainly does speed up the launch Mike Nut Case From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 12:16 PM To: CnClist Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker Stops Offset them an inch or two so they are not directly in the line between the exit and the turning block. That reduces the potential for the halyard to inadvertently slip into the cleat. Dennis C. On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: The Port side goes aft to a clutch, and the SB is handled at the mast base. That is a really good idea, thanks, I think I will add a couple of those. Bill Coleman C&C 39 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 10:59 AM To: CnClist Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker Stops Bill, Assuming your spin halyard is run aft, I've crewed on boats that have a cam cleat on the mast that can temporarily stop the halyard. The mast person is the only one doing the hoist. Eliminates the pit person having to tail the halyard. Once the chute is up, the halyard tail can be pulled through the rope clutch. Just have to remember to release it from the cam cleat before the drop. It can be set up so it pops out of the cleat when the halyard is ground tight by a cabin top winch. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: We are usually light handed on crew, and it is a big sail. If I had 8 great crew maybe I would be apt to launch bare in heavier air, but mostly we don't. Once on one of our Fall Cruise across the lake, one of the guys instinctively grabbed the Spinnaker halyard harder as it started to get away, and got some very bad burns, and it was only blowing 15. I like the control and relative safety of a banded sail. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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