Hey Dennis,
I always thought that it would be faster/easier to hoist the kite for port
rounding from the starboard/high side.
I couldn’t wrap my head around how to do it on my boat.
You suggest to just ‘swap’ the halyards inside the mast and have the port kite
halyard exit the starboard side and
FWIW, I've been working on repairing some deep gouges in Touche's rub rail
from Hurricane Sally last year. The idea was to fill the gouges with some
sort of white "stuff" and then wet sand it.
What didn't work: 3M 5200. 100% fail. Not only didn't it sand well, it
didn't adhere to the rubber
If I had my way, both Touche's port spin halyard and port jib halyard would
exit on the starboard side. Unfortunately my spin halyards are external.
Support your strategy of moving the spin halyard to starboard. Hoisting
the spin early on port roundings is facilitated if the halyard is on the
The jib halyard at the masthead is designed to exit the mast in a straight
line. A spinnaker will exert a pull to either side. Years ago we lost the
spinnakers head swivel leaving the halyard up the mast. Set another spinnaker
on the jib halyard. But the wire cut through shortly thereafter
Hi John
I would be worried about the pin halyard getting tangled with the jib halyard
due to gybing, etc ...
Our most often used spin halyard is on the port side as well. On windy days
you can just brace your back against leeward shrouds while jumping the halyard.
It has not been a problem.
Hi folks - on my C 29 Mk2 the jib halyard comes out on the std side
of the mast and the spinnaker on the port side and I want to reverse
them to make it easier to "jump" the spinnaker halyard.
Anyone else done this - I noted the spin halyard exits the mast higher
than the jib halyard, so I will
