[C320-list] halyard/topping lift

dprudden dprudden at comcast.net
Fri Mar 1 19:05:56 PST 2013


Jeff, I wanted to set mine as you did, but I have 2 jib halyards and out haul on the port side, main, vang and reef to starboard. Any problems with outhaul and vang to port? (Vang would cross over a bit-any hatch issues or turning block binding?)

Thanks,
David Prudden
#787



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On Mar 1, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> I mounted a cleat on the port side of the mast matching the one on the starboard.  I use that cleat to tie off my unused spinaker halyard.
> 
> That freed up a clutch for me.
> 
> Port clutches hold:   Genoa Halyard, Outhaul, Boom Vang
> Starboard clutches:  Reefing line, Main Halyard, Topping Lift
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> dprudden <dprudden at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone see any problem switching the spare jib halyard with the
>> topping lift? I need my topping lift led back to the cockpit but I
>> don't need the extra halyard and I don't have a spare turning block and
>> rope clutch on the starboard side of the mast. It seems to me the
>> easiest thing to do is switch the two and have the topping lift on the
>> port side led aft to the cockpit. 
>> 
>> David Prudden
>> #787



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