Hi John, The clip to the backstay, is IMHO only for holding the boom with the sail furled. I have my lazy jacks rigged to support the boom, and don't see a need to adjust them.
In effect, I have three normal boom heights. The backstay clip is the highest, the topping lift is the lowest and the raised mainsail is in between. While sailing, the lazyjacks are loose enough to not distort sailshape in any way, but not so loose as to slap the sail. As soon as the sail starts to lower, the boom drops a few inches, tightening the lazyjacks. After the sail is down, I tie it with sail stops, and then hang the boom on the backstay clip. This loosens the lazyjacks enough to get the sail cover on. I used a halyard to support the boom, while I worked out the lengths of the various pieces of the lazyjack system. Bob Stockley Sundance #2436 --- In [email protected], "John Guttridge" <j...@...> wrote: > > I am considering rigging a topping lift as the little clip that fastens > to the back stay that came with my boat seems like a poor solution at > best. I had it shake out when I was dousing the main and I brained the > girl that was manning the tiller in high winds. She was a fantastic > sport but it could have gone a whole lot worse so it seems like I need > something better. I am wondering if anyone has tried using a boomkicker > instead of a topping lift. My boat was also at one time rigged with the > topping lift control run back to the cockpit from the mast base through > a deck organizer. The kit that CD sells looks like it goes to a horn > cleat on the boom are there advantages of doing it one way or the other? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John Guttridge > President and Senior Consultant > Black Box Computer Consulting > 306 East State Street, Suite 230 > Ithaca, NY 14850 > Office: 607.277.8585 > Mobile: 607.227.6884 > eMail: j...@... <mailto:j...@...> > > www.blackboxcc.com <http://www.blackboxcc.com> > > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" > -Albert Einstein > > > > > > Black Box Computer Consulting is proud to be among the first companies > to be CompTIA Security Trustmark certified. For more information check > out blackboxcc.com/trustmark <http://blackboxcc.com/trustmark> >
