I don't coil my halyards when I put them in the bag. I drop them in the bag, starting with the bitter end. When I drop the sails, the halyards come out of the bag without any tangles.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 6:16 PM Dave S via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > Same - when sailing (often singlehanded) my main halyard is hung over > its starboard side cabin-top winch in a long, orderly coil. When I need > it, I carefully drop that coil into the cabin sole, so that it can run out > freely, turning around the winch, and through the clutch. > > The port-side roller-furled genoa halyard is luggage-tagged around the > dodger frame to keep it ready but out of the way. I would re coil it and > treat it similarly to the main in in the event I had to douse underway. > Fortunately, since I sorted my furler jams this hasn’t often been necessary. > > Agreed with others,I think halyard bags would be a nuisance on this boat. > Plus, I hang my binoculars where a bag might otherwise hang! > > Genoa sheets I coil and hang on their winches, drop on the cockpit sole to > tack. > > Starboard-side Furler line is luggage-tagged on the pushpit, re coiled and > carefully dropped on the cockpit sole when required. This is cleated on a > rail-mount cleat on the pushpit located after a ratcheting block by the > forward pushpit base. In this way I can either haul on The furler line > directly or, if it’s really blowing, horse-and-tail with the ratchet block > taking the load. This seems to be necessary more often of late - stronger > winds or advancing years. > > Dave 33-2 windstar. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 14, 2021, at 7:31 PM, Randal Stafford via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chuck, > > I run the tails of my halyards and vang down the companionway, and coil > each one on the cabin sole in such a way that it can run out freely when > needed. The tail of my working genoa sheet is usually coiled on the > cockpit bench. The sheet length is such that the lazy sheet only has a > couple feet of tail, usually wrapped around the winch ready for the next > tack or gybe. My mainsheet is coiled on the cockpit sole, and my traveler > lines are coiled on the bench between the traveler and transom. My > spinnaker sheets when not in use are coiled on the side deck between > cockpit coaming and stern pulpit. > > Cheers, > Randy > > On Aug 14, 2021, at 3:51 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > What is everybody using for halyard bags for the lines next to the > companionway and also sheet bags for the genoa sheets. Anybody have > suggestions? Pictures? > > Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9GkczqzEIuZhUZML4PXtQuBGjtrcN3tdMW3y9Lcj5zuePnKbuUiwcFRrLSbbf1eGYf8$> > Thanks - Stu > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9GkczqzEIuZhUZML4PXtQuBGjtrcN3tdMW3y9Lcj5zuePnKbuUiwcFRrLSbbf1eGYf8$> > Thanks - Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9GkczqzEIuZhUZML4PXtQuBGjtrcN3tdMW3y9Lcj5zuePnKbuUiwcFRrLSbbf1eGYf8$ > Thanks - Stu
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