A spinnaker halyard in good condition would be the same as the main and you'd lift a main up the mast or hoist the engine and transmission out with it. I didn't double check but it's a 1200 to 1500 lbs SWL line with an excess of a 4000 lbs breaking strength.
The tricky part is how do you make it so simple to raise that you'll tackle it ever time without question. I would suggest a clip on 3 point bridle to a single ring. Then attached to the ring I would clip on my man overboard 4:1 tackle and attach it to the horse bit* looking device I use in hoisting the mast. Then clip that in the whisker pole and lift with the halyard. What this should do for you is give you a 12 foot arm to reach out past the beam of the boat to the center of the dingy. How far out you reach is controlled by the angle of the whisker pole. We carry our vertical on the front of the mast so it's always there. That makes straight up 6 inches and out flat 12 feet. When you start the lift you raise the pole tip and she'll come inboard. When the distance away from the mast is about 6 feet you swing it aboard and lower with the 4:1 tackle and it should remain centered in the foredeck. Unclip one of the bridle connections and it will help you flip it. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 *The horse bit device is just two vang bails with a bolt through the center I latch in the spinnaker pole end so the pole only sees a compression load and the vang bails carry the lifting force around the pole fitting. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mkeller23173 Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Re: Dinghy Thanks for the responses. I think I will try heaving it up on the foredeck this afternoon when I get out there. See if it fits when inflated. How many pounds do you all think a spinnaker halyard is good to lift? --- In [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , Derek Atkin <atkin...@...> wrote: > > Here is a shot of my Achilles on the foredeck. > > http://www.opus45.com/c27_pics/DSCN3827.jpg > > My plan was to get a sunbrella cover made for it - so that people could sit/lay on it when not in use. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "captain...@..." <captain...@...> > To: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 12:06:39 PM > Subject: Re: [IC27A] Dinghy > > > I travel with my dingy deflated and covered on the foredeck. When I > arrive at an anchorage I inflate it and use my whisker pole to crane it > overboard. I toe it on short hops to new coves, but for longer passages, I > crane it aboard and overturn it on the foredeck. > > David Hoyt > Sovereignty > Catalina 27 #65 > ahsovereignty. com > > In a message dated 6/2/2010 7:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > mkel...@michaelkell er.org writes: > > >Hey folks, > > > >Looking for some creative dinghy transport solutions for > > our C270. We sailed to Oxford, MD this weekend with our 7'6" dinghy deflated > > on deck. Once at anchor, I dragged it to the stern and blew it up. It worked > > ok, but was not the smoothest solution. And forget about getting it back up on > > deck (it sat forward of the companionway on the trip over) it's too heavy to > > heave back up there. So it ended up being deflated and not-so-elegantly tied > > to the stern, but that was roughly a 50 minute process > > > >I don't want to > > drag it, my guess is we'll loose 1 to 1.5 knots. Don't particularly want > > davits as the boat budget has been blown on the autopilot this year and I feel > > that might be overkill for our 27 foot boat. > > > >I know there's only so > > many ways to bring a dinghy with you, but aside from deflating it or davits, > > am I missing some creative solution? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Mike > >C270 - > > Detente - #313 > > > > >
