Thanks a bunch Dennis--I think I get it and will get them switched.
I only have/use one jib halyard and I furl the headsail (do not drop it) going
downwind (I am a club racer after all !) so I live with whatever headsail I
raise/unfurl at the start for the entire race although I may partially furl it
if the wind pipes up.
I do have the parking cleats--I just need to get my crew to pay attention and
use them--usually they forget they are in place and keep trying to figure out
why the chute won't come down, etc.!
Charlie NelsonWater Phantom 36 XL/kcb #077New Bern, NC
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From: Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, May 8, 2021 8:51 am
Subject: Stus-List Re: C&C29 Mk2 - swapping jib / spinnaker halyard
Lots of ways to swap the halyards. Use a variation on this.
Tie a messenger line securely to each halyard. Pull the halyards so the
messenger line is in the mast. This will clear the exit plates, sheaves, etc.
for access. Using "special tool H" (wire coat hanger bent with a shallow hook)
reach through the HIGHEST exit and grab the messenger for the halyard that
exits lower. Pull it through.
Now, tie a weight on the other messenger string and drop it down the mast
through its exit. Reach across from the low exit and grab it. Pull the
messengers and the halyards should be swapped. They should run free.
Reconfiguring running rigging isn't as difficult as deciding where you want
everything.
If you race, then you definitely want the spinnaker halyards to exit on the
opposite side. That way your crew hoisting the chute will always be on the
high side.
Ideally, you'd want the jib halyards, if you boat is so equipped, to be swapped
also. However, that's not as important because a) you may be approaching the
downwind mark on the opposite gybe from the set and the boat may be standing up
more than when the chute was set. In my experience, it's not often that you
approach a downwind mark with a tremendous amount of heel.
Also, it's not difficult to install additional exits in a mast. Just cut the
hole, make sure there are no sharp edges and slap on an exit plate. Probably
more difficult is installing the hardware to turn the halyard at the mast base
and run it aft.
Touche's two spin halyards are external. As such, they are difficult to swap.
The choices would be to swap them on the forward side of the mast. That would
be a poor choice. The second way would be to install entry plates near the
masthead and exit plates at the deck,run them internally and swap them inside
the mast. Lots of work.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_sb5TfIENvsS0laTFU3VUlDTXM/view?usp=sharing
Also, while we're on the subject of chute hoists, I installed a spinnaker
halyard parking cleat.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l4zjGelVZFb6ovcoiTm1w8widYvuqKYz/view?usp=sharing
These are slick. Your mast person hoists the chute and the halyard cleats
itself as it is hoisted. Then your pit person, after all the activity at the
rounding, can simply pull the halyard and it will uncleat, ready to drop. This
assumes your spin halyard is run aft to a rope clutch.
I don't know where to get one. I got that one from Annapolis Performance
Sailing before it went bust.
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Dennis C.Touche' 35-1 #83Mandeville, LA
On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 9:43 PM cenelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
Hey Dennis,
I always thought that it would be faster/easier to hoist the kite for port
rounding from the starboard/high side.
I couldn’t wrap my head around how to do it on my boat.
You suggest to just ‘swap’ the halyards inside the mast and have the port kite
halyard exit the starboard side and the stud halyard exit the port side. Is
this correct?
Are there precautions to take regarding the halyards crossing inside the mast
besides making sure they run free?
My mast has the kite halyards port and starboard at the top of the mast and the
jib halyard centered and lower—it is on a furler.
Thanks
Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 36 XL/kcb
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