[Public-List] Tack Hooks

[Jonathan Adams]

My hooks are on either side of the boom (not the mast), and I have the strop that rachel refers to.

I would say that the advantage of having it on teh boom rather than the mast is that the stress is equal regardless of where the boom is.

Having hooks on both sides just means that you do not have to reach around the mast if you happen to be reefing from the wrong side.

My clew lines lead forward to the forward end of the boom, so you drop the main, and hook up the tack and tighten the clew all from the same place.

This works well for me.




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From: Rachel <penokee at cheqnet.net>
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Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 12:56:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Tack Hooks

Hi Mick,

This is not direct A-30 experience, but may apply.

On the boat I cruised on (a friend's W-32), we had a tack hook arrangement.  I had previously seen people simple fit the tack grommet (in the sail) right over the tack hook, but that made things a bit difficult on the W-32.  So we made a strop.

Essentially, it was some cordage (1/4" or maybe smaller) that went through the tack grommet on the sail and had a rig on each end.  It just stayed there all the time.  Then when you reefed you slipped the ring over the tack hook.  By varying the length of the cord you had some leeway to make things fit together, and it was less of a struggle when reefing, especially in sporty conditions.

I think we had maybe two parallel bits of cordage.  So.... Ring---doubled.up.cordage---ring.

I hope that makes sense in words!

Rachel
ex-#221

On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Michael Taylor wrote:

> 
> The sliding gooseneck fitting is going to be replaced with a bracket that will fix the boom position on the mast.  As part of this work I would like to fit tack hooks onto the vertical pin of the gooseneck fitting.  The effect of doing this is going to put the tack of the mainsail very close to the mast.  I am trying to picture what it is going to be like having this arrangement.

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