[Public-list] topping lift

[5thseason at canada.com]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:14:43 -0500, Gordon Laco wrote:

> 
> Yes, it sometimes twirls around the backstay, but
> because both ends are
> imobilized (boom end and masthead) it can't tie itself
> and just twirls off
> again if the boom moves and pulls on it.
> 
> However, when I still had the old Ontario Hydro cast
> ceramic insulators on
> the backstay, it often got hung up on the upper one. 
> With a clean backstay
> there is no problem.
> 
> Gord #426 Surprise
> 
> James
I have never had a problem with the topping lift wrap
arround the back stay.  Since my line comes back to the
cockpit I just loosen off the line so it lies either
leward or windward about 1/8 the foot distance away
from the leech of the sail.
John #380 
> 
> 
> 
> > Gord and John, thanks for the help with the topping
> lift. Just one more
> > question though: is there any chance the line would
> get tangled with the
> > backstay when in the slack position? With the cable
> that the previous
> > owner had running from aft of the masthead to the
> rear of the boom
> > (acting as a topping lift), the cable would have a
> tendency to wrap
> > itself around the backstay if I wasn't extremely
> careful when
> > disconnecting it. Due to the fact that there was no
> adjustment it had to
> > be removed from the boom and connected to a cleat on
> the mast when the
> > main was up.
> > 
> > Thanks again,
> > 
> > James
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