[alberg30] Re: mast step organizer

[Richard Johns]

From: Richard Johns <Richard.Johns at valley.net>

Lee,
On Ecola #104  six control lines lead aft to the cockpit. I installed a 1/8
in thick stainless plate which I bought from a Detroit mail order company. (
I will try to remember the name as West and Boat us do not have it.)  The
plate is formed up at a 45 degree angle on each side and has holes which
blocks can be shackled on to. The flat base of the plate was slightly longer
and wider than the size of the A 30 mast extrusion. Drilling holes enabled
me to sandwitch it betwen the aluminum casting the mast fits over and the
larger aluminum plate in the cabin top. The weight of the mast and rig
tension holds it securly. There are four holes on each side and three fore
and aft.  I mounted two halyard organizerson top of each other with three
shieves each at the forward edge of the main cabin on the starboard side.
Just aft of the coaming on the cabin top ther are four sheet stoppers and
two cam cleats. At the aft edge of the cabin lined up with the sheet
stoppers I have a small winch.  The main, jib and spinacker halyards and the
toping lift go to the sheet stoppers.  The vang and downhaul go to the cam
cleats.

I have used this for ten years and it works nicely. You can raise sail and
fiddle with vang and downhaul tension with out leaving the cockpit. Slab
reefing is quick as the halyard can be eased to  pre set marks befor going
forward to set the reef.

Rich    
At 03:56 PM 3/18/99 EST, you wrote:
>From: FINNUS505 at aol.com
>
>Subj:	maststep line organizer idea
>Date:	3/17/99
>To:	Alberg30 at onelist
>
>Hi Friends,
>  We all put some thought into mastep line organizers recently, and after
>seeing a mast step on  a european boat, I got an idea. 
>  Suppose we use the bolts that hold the mast step plate in place to retain
>tangs, that we could then bend up, and attach blocks to?
>  If all one wanted was to lead the halyards aft, then one tang each side, for
>jib and main, would suffice.  If one wanted to lead the reefing lines aft as
>well, as I do eventualy because it works great, then either more tangs, or
>tangs with multiple holes could be used. Yes, Greg, then we would have to deal
>with the potential chafe on the doghouse for-edge, but with fairleads, we
>could manage it. :)
>  Rona wondered if the bolts would be strong enough to stand the load of a
>main halyard or reefing line. I think so. Could always join tangs from
>different bolts in a 'v' to spread the load.
>  What do the rigging experts and engineers think?
>  Thx,
>   Lee Trachtenberg
>   Stargazer #255
>
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