Chuck - sounds interesting - would really like to see the end result, hopefully you can post some pics somewhere! Dave Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 28, 2021, at 11:30 AM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Thanks to everyone for your great responses on Lazy Jacks and Stack Packs. > I'm making my own lazy jacks using very small diameter dyneema and Ronstan > shock blocks. I will have to alter my design slighty to make it retractable. > FWIW, I found videos on installing a Mack Pack and various other systems. > The Mack Pack looks like an improvement on the first designs. And Mack sells > a nice bracket for the end of the boom to attach the bag and support a pulley > for the zipper. The bracket looks like a good option if I get a pack as I > don't have a topping lift to support the clew end of the bag. > > I installed the hardware on the mast and boom and my amsteel system is so > light and slippery, it adds very little weight and windage and is stronger > overall. It will double as a topping lift and support the boom when I flake > the sail. That will make the process much safer. > > Thanks, > Chuck S > >> On 01/28/2021 10:02 AM Doug Mountjoy via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Chuck >> I thought that with the extra cut outs for lazyjacks. installing the cover >> was labor intensive. Without the cut outs, tie the sail, lower the >> lazyjacks, and install the cover. I made my lazyjacks, using 2 cheek blocks >> on the mast, a few metal rings for the sail support lines. When lowered they >> hooked on the reef horns. I had marked the hoist lines for proper >> repositioning. >> With cutouts putting the cover on around the Jack lines can be a real PITA. >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> Doug Mountjoy >> sv Rebecca Leah >> C&C Landfall 39 >> Port Orchard yacht club >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with >> the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
