Dan,

You need 1 crew at the mast on the pole for the gybes and 1 on the bow.
 Trip the guy, raise the inboard end of the pole, drop the outboard end,
make the new guy, lower the inboard end of the pole, raise the outboard.  1
crew will be way too slow, and he will be tired and unhappy.

Joel


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Daniel Sheer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Gary,
> Thanks for the perspective.
>
> I figure I'll race spin with a crew of five (6 if I'm lucky) and cruise
> with a crew of 2. For racing, one guy on the foredeck and 4/5  in the
> cockpit. The cockpit is large enough for 5 easily, I think. It's a T, and
> one guy's behind the wheel.
>
> Since the the Jenny is roller furling, I don't expect that the halyard
> will be adjusted much, and that can be handled by the foredeck man, who
> will also be responsible for managing the spin and staysail, including spin
> jibes and the mast end of the pole, and for helping tack the jenny. The
> spare jenny and spin halyards are basically never used (my furler is single
> slot). Having the main halyard and vang back at the cockpit is essential
> for 2 person cruising or singlehanding (I do that sometimes).
>
> I'm thinking that the pole topping lift/staysail halyard will be used
> while the foredeckman is otherwise occupied. Is that true? I think it's
> good to have the stormsail halyard (the same line as the topping lift) aft
> on principle.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Dan Sheer
> Pegathy LF38
> Rock Creek off the Patapsco
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:46:59 -0400
> From: "Gary Nylander" <[email protected]>
> To: "Daniel Sheer" <[email protected]>,    <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Stus-List What to lead aft
> Message-ID: <481BA950DEFF42ED836D10E966EC30C9@GaryPC>
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>
> 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
>
>
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