[C320-list] halyard/topping lift

[Denny Browne]

Correct. The spring loaded vang supports the boom with no problem. I attach the main halyard to the end of the boom and tighten the mainsheet in the slip. Added a small long d-shackle for that purpose and its lasted ten years with no problem. 

Denny Browne
310.408.9591

Sent from handheld, sorry for typos, grammar, etc...

On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Amiraults Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Denny:
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> 
> Bear is replacing the current main/Dutchman this spring with a Doyle
> main/stack pack/lazy jacks. You note that you dispensed with the topping
> lift when refusing the Dutchman. Without a Dutchman you don't need a topping
> lift?
> 
> 
> 
> Brian Amirault
> 
> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
>