[Alberg30] Running lines aft

[George Dinwiddie]

Peter,

When I bought Calypso, the main halyard was lead to the cockpit.
It was possible to raise it using a winch on the cabintop, but
it was not easy.  As I had to go forward to remove the sail ties,
anyway, it seemed rather pointless and I moved the main halyard
to the mast and led the jib halyard aft in it's place.

 - George

> Peter Amos said:
> 
> I have information on reefing the mainsail from the cockpit and =
> anticipate no big problems there as the reefing lines are relatively =
> short and the effort required fairly small if proper blocks and good =
> anglesare used.Raising and lowering the mainsail from the cockpit  is a =
> problem of a different magnitude.The run of the halyard is much longer =
> and the effort required to raise the whole sail much greater.Does anyone =
> have hands on experience of a cockpit system that uses 3/8" all rope =
> halyard and tips on do's and dont's.

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  George Dinwiddie                             gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
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