Dan, some questions to ask as you are deciding.... are you setting this up to race? how many crew? where will they be?
I made a bit of a mistake in bring all my lines except the outhaul and reef back to the cockpit (don't have quite as many as you as it's only a 30). Now, I have too many people and lines and elbows in the cockpit - and on a 30, that's too much weight in the back. I have the spin halyard, two genoa halyards and the vang on the port side of the cabin top and the pole topping lift, main halyard and pole downhaul on the starboard. The traveler and main sheet are on the bridgedeck right aft of the companionway. That is about three or four people in the space for two. Then add the trimmers and driver and you get real busy. A 41 foot boat I've raced on left the halyards, the outhaul, reefing and cunningham on the mast and boom - that way some weight is forward and less elbows in the cockpit. Look at it that way and you may answer your own question. If you are cruising and just want to be able to handle the chute - and have less crew - different story. Gary St. Michaels MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Sheer To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 5:30 PM Subject: Stus-List What to lead aft Since I'm now setting up to fly a chute, I have to decide what lines to bring aft and which to cleat off at the mast base. And I'm confused. Actually I'm a citizen of that state. This is what I'm thinking. Advice solicited. The 2 reefing lines and the outhaul go to a Barient 10 winch on the boom with both a clam cleat ahead of the winch (outhaul) and a horn cleat behind (reefers). I don't intend to change that, at least not immediately. Be nice to have them aft, the reefers at least. Maybe someday. The mainsheet, traveller lines, foreguy (starbord) and Genoa roller furler line (port) must come aft. There's a self tailing Bar 23 on the cabin top center at the cockpit for the main sheet (companionway is offset to starboard on the LF38) and clam cleats for the foreguy (on the starboard cabin side at the cockpit), roller furler (on the outside of the port coaming - goes to the primary sheet winch, a Bar 28) and traveller lines (cabin top, aft of the outboard ends of the traveller). Secondary sheet winches (Bar 22) are forward of the primaries and will be used for the staysail sheets and the spin sheet. The spin guy will go to the primary, I think. Staysail and spin sheets go through 4 separate snatch blocks. There are 4 cabin top winches (1 Bar 10s and 3 18s with individual cleats near the mast, and one Bar 10 on the mast with a cleat. I have 4 rope clutches sharing one secondary cabin top winch (Barient 22) to port at the cockpit. There's a single horn cleat between the mainsheet winch and the 22 that is usually used to back up the clutch for the main halyard. The candidate lines to bring aft to the rope clutches are, in my order of preference: 1) Main halyard 2) Vang 3) Spin pole topping lift/staysail/storm jib halyard (3/4 height on the mast, and there is a narrow reaching staysail) 4) Primary Spinnaker halyard This leaves: 5) Primary Genoa halyard 6) Secondary Genoa halyard 7) Secondary Spinnaker halyard For the cabin top 18's near the mast and finally, 8) Spin pole slide uphaul 8) Spin pole slide downhaul For the mast and cabin top 10s, respectively. This is not the current arrangement. Does what I propose make sense? Should I choose differently? Damn, that's a lot of lines! Do I really need to lube all 12 winches every year???!!! What have I gotten myself into???? Dan Sheer Pegathy LF38 Rock Creek off the Patapsco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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