[Alberg30] Bill Bain; bringing lines aft

[R.C. Alley]

Gentlemen: A30 # 219 has a plate at the base of the mast for accomplishing
the purpose you describe; I had it made up some years ago, and matched the
holes in the mast step, so it forms a sandwich (from the deck up) of
teflon/plate/teflon/maststep/mast. there was enough extra thread on the
maststep bolts to accommodate. The protruding "ears" on the plate have 1/2
inch holes spaced around the upper edges for attaching single or double
blocks, which turn the lines and feed them toward deck organizers mounted on
the forward cabin top. The lines are secured in the conventional manner at
the rear of the cabin top.  It was pointed out to me after I had the plate
made that the front "ear" would interfere with the opening of the forward
hatch, which it did, so I removed the ear. The teflon in the sandwich is
intended to isolate the stainless plate from aluminum maststep and mast, and
the deck.

Plates of this sort are commonly sold in weights and sizes appropriate to
much smaller boats; nothing was available in the size necessary for the
Alberg...which is why I had it made; I don't remember the cost.  I thought
at the time that drilling a relatively large number of holes into the area
near the base of the mast to mount turning blocks was a relatively poor
idea, and still do.

Rob Alley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bain" <bill at billbain.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Bill Bain; bringing lines aft


> Thank you for your response, it looks like you have a great setup.  If you
> ever get pictures of the mast area where you have the blocks I would like
to
> see them.  I like the idea of fixing them to the mast instead of the cabin
> top.  I think I once saw a plate that fit under the mast which
accomplished
> the same thing.
>
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> Subject: [Alberg30] Bill Bain; bringing lines aft
> Date: 3/27/01 2:14 PM
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>
> I had Atlantic Spar in Annapolis do some rigging work several years ago
> that included bringing 7 lines aft - the port cabintop has the outhaul,
and
> two reefing lines.  The starboard has the main halyard, spin halyard,
> topping lift, and rigid vang.  With the exception of the vang which
travels
> directly to the deck organizer,  the lines turn at the foot of the mast on
> six Shaffer blocks that swivel on mounting plates that are tapped and
> screwed to the mast.  The blocks are slightly staggered to the side and
> above each other;  three on each side of the mast.  They then travel
> through a three way (port) and stacked double (starboard) Shaffer deck
> organizer and on to the clutches.  These are mounted on each side of the
> cabin top four to five inches in front of two cabintop winches.  I chose
> not to bring the jib halyard aft since it is a furling jib and not
> something I normally change underway.
>
> The outhaul and reefing lines are just long enough to wrap the winch when
> not reefed so they do not clutter the cabintop or cockpit.  On the other
> side I often take a few coils of the spin halyard and topping lift at the
> mast cleat when not in use to eliminate any tails.   This leaves only a
> short line for the vang and the coiled main halyard.  This layout really
> has not added any clutter at all to the cockpit.
>
> While probably not optimized for racing,  this arrangement works very well
> for single handed sailing or virtual single handed sailing with my wife
and
> two children.  It allows me to stay in the cockpit for most all
> sailhandling chores.  If need be It can easily be reverted back to a mast
> led setup for a racing fordeck crew.  Let me know if you would like any
> additional information.
>
>
>
>
>
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