Maybe it's standard and I haven't noticed enough boats, but I saw a couple
where the cam cleat at the mast was offset slightly so that a pull on the
halyard from the cockpit would uncleat it without going to the mast.RonWild
CheriC&C 30-1STL
From: "Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Hoyt, Mike" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Asymmetric spinnaker short handed. 33-2?
Dave
The Frers 33 is remarkably similar to C&C 33-2. It also has three mast
halyards forward. The outer ones are most certainly port and stbd spin
halyards. One reason NOT to have one of the spin halyards at mast and other in
cockpit is that a spin will always want to be hoisted on whichever halyard is
on the leeward is at hoist time.
Persistence has an oversized anchor roller that protruded a bit in front of
bow. We have a bail on this that we put a side opening block on. We simply
run the spin downhaul thru this for a tack line. Any gybes are best done
forward of forestay. Since spin halyards are expected to have loads to the
sides that should not be any different with asym than with symmetric spin.
Note that we have had no issues with this setup using the sock or without the
sock on our asym.
For your mast comments why not a cleat at the mast. Something maybe like a J
Boat where it has a cam cleat at mast and is also run back to coachroof.
Alternatively a horn cleat at mast (likely is one there already for some other
purpose) and when short handed cleat it there. The rest of the halyard could
still be run back to cockpit with the excess either bundled at mast or in
cockpit at your discretion.
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