Chuck, What size is the jib that you are using the barberhauler rig
on? I can't figure how that would work on a genoa with a an LP greater
than 135%.
Don Kern
/Fireball,/ C&C 35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
On 10/31/2022 2:01 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List wrote:
Haven't figured how to rig a preventer without going forward but I do use my
barberhaulers in winds up to ten or fifteen knots as a preventer. Normally we rig
barberhaulers to pull the genoa clew out and open the slot between the jib and
mainsail. It's a simple rig; about twenty five feet of 5/16" line, going
through a single block that gets clipped into the toerail at about the widest part
of the boat with a carabiner on one end, and the other is led to a cleat in the
cockpit. I clip the carabiner onto the upper lifeline when not in use and when I
need to pull the genoa out, I clip it into the sail's clew and pull the line from
the cockpit. When I need a preventer, the genoa is poled out and the barberhauler
is free to be a preventer. Simply hook the carabiner into a rope loop that lives on
the boom fitting for the vang, and snug that down, from the cockpit. It's very
stable as the vang gets tensioned too, and it prevents the swing from starting if
the wind gets on the lee sid
e and buys me time to steer to correct before anything bad happens.
For higher winds, a proper preventer should attach to the aft end of the boom
and go forward to the bow.
Chuck S
