[C320-list] Spinnaker Halyard???

[Scott Thompson]

Yes, the upper halyard is a spin halyard.  It was bent aft at the time 
of the photo because I was using it as a safety line while up the mast.

I fly my asym on this, with a sock, without any problems.  I don't see 
how a crane would help much, except possibly to reduce chafe by giving 
you a better lead to a turning block.  Even then I don't think it would 
help much without a separate halyard exit a few feet below the crane. 
The cranes I've seen for 320s do not appear to be worthwhile, but I tend 
not to fly the spin often in high winds where chafe would be a serious 
problem.  If I were going to race I might go with a crane, but I'd try 
to get a custom crane built that permitted the halyard block to get 
further out in front of the headstay.

Scott

igrunes at comcast.net wrote:
> Scott,
> Just looked at the Photo 12 of 12 in the album series you noted re the exhaust system below.
> 
> Is that a spinnaker halyard I see behind the jib halyard??
> 
> Have you flown any kind of spinnaker from that halyard??
> 
> I am having a big argument with my sailing partner as to the need for a crane to fly a spinnaker.  I think that a crane is NOT necessary especially if flown with a pendent attached to the halyard 
> 
> Have people on the list been successful in flying a spinnaker without a crane??
> 
> Has anyone noted any particular halyard chafing in doing so?
> 
> We just purchased an asymetric and have to convert our spare jib halyard to a spinnaker halyard.
> 
> Irv Grunes
> 2001 C320 #851
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Scott Thompson <sthompson at toad.net> 
> 
>> I've been wondering about this and recently posted a photo of my exhaust 
>> elbow so I could ask the question. Is this one the standard Yanmar version? 
>>
>> http://www.catalina320.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album37&id=IMG_4 
>> 976 
>>
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