You might be able to get up high enough on a ladder, but that seems dicer than going up the halyard. I had the mast down, when I installed the upper line, it will much harder to do with the stick up. As for design if you Google lazy jack and C27 you will find a few pages showing a few different ways to do it. I made my own following Schafer's design. In general Lazy Jacks are on of the few improvements I have made to the running gear that my wife noticed, and liked. I think they would work even better with a full batten main, the last quarter of the mainsail still flops off the boom. If your adventurous build Phil's wire A frame for lower your own mast, replace your masthead sheaves, make your lazy jacks, and raise the whole thing back up. You will be very happy with the new sheaves and lazy jacks. Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Jeffery L. Sheler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 6:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: lazy jacks Has anyone installed a lazy jack system? I'd like to add one before next season and I'd like to think I can do it myself. I'm wondering if I'll need a bosun's chair, or if I can attach the lines high enough on the mast by standing on the boom, or maybe a ladder. I'd like to avoid being hauled up the mast if at all possible because I'm not very confident of the condition of the main halyard sheave at the masthead. (Replacing it is a project for another day.) Has anyone had experience installing lazy jacks? Any preferences on brand? Jeff Sheler s/v Windsome C27TR #6594 Hampton, VA
