[C320-list] Topping Lift

[Brad Kuether]

I have a hard vang, and use my topping lift to help keep the boom up and 
steady when the boat is not in use in the slip or otherwise..

Otherwise it can chafe the canvas.

This year I am going to use my Dutchman.  Last year I had too much sailing 
season to make up.  This year I have time.

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River, MD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Devlin" <tdevlin944 at msn.com>
To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:09 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Topping Lift



Our 320, #938, has in-mast furling.  It has a topping lift, and a hard vang. 
My question is what to do with the topping lift when the main is fully out. 
Do I leave it, or should it be adjusted/loosened?  The line runs down inside 
the mast and then is coiled at the base of the mast.  If it is meant to be 
adjusted, it seems odd that it hasn't been run back to the cockpit like the 
sheets and halyards.  Ours is the only boat with this system at our club, so 
although advice is plentiful, it isn't offered from experience.  Your advice 
would be gratefully received.

Taylor Devlin
Escape, 938