Hi Dave, It will be some time before I get my lazy jacks done and the mast put back in the boat and rigged, but I'll share pictures then. You may enjoy watching a video of splicing the amsteel using low friction rings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVXV4e1a0-A Chuck S > On 01/28/2021 3:08 PM Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > 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 >
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
