[Public-List] Genoa downhaul

[Gordon Laco]

Oh dear - I didn't mean THAT!




On 21/10/10 10:07 AM, "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:01:07 -0400
>> From: mainstay at csolve.net
>> To: williamwoodford at charleswoodford.com; public-list at lists.alberg30.org
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Genoa downhaul
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>> The main advantage is that if you have a downhaul, you don't have to send a
>> crewmember forward to dowse the sail. The downhaul effectively pulls the
>> sail down just as its halyard hauls it up.
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>> As George W mentioned in his earlier email, one would still have to go
>> forward to bundle the sail, but that is a comparatively easy task once it is
>> down and the energy is out of it.
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>> Gord #426 SURPRISE
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>> On 21/10/10 9:57 AM, "Bill Woodford" <williamwoodford at charleswoodford.com>
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>>> What are the advantages in having the genoa downhaul?
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>>> Thanks,
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>>> Woody
>>> US 11
>>> hanked on headsail, no downhaul
>>> ---- Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
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>>>> Hello Hugh
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>>>> It's best to catch the downhaul every 5' or so with small rings
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>>>> The rings can seized to convenient hanks
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>>>> This will keep the line from flailing and fouling itself, tearing your
>>>> ticklers off and other horrid, sordid and regretable stuff
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>>>> Gord #426
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>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On 2010-10-20, at 7:19 PM, Hugh McCormack <hugh_alberg at hotmail.com>
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>>>>> Good evening,
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>>>>> George mentioned in a recent post that he uses a downhaul tied to
>>>>> the top hank on his genoa to allow for single handed sail handling
>>>>> so this question might best be answered by him. However I am also
>>>>> interested in hearing if others are using genoa downhauls.
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>>>>> What I am wondering is how the downhaul line is directed down to the
>>>>> foredeck and where it goes from there? Does the line hang free from
>>>>> the top hank or is it led through other hanks on the way down? Is
>>>>> it routed back to the cockpit or to the base of the mast? In my
>>>>> case I envisage threading the downhaul through a block at the base
>>>>> of the forestay and then running the line back to the cockpit so
>>>>> that my crew can haul on the downhaul while I'm dealing with the
>>>>> halyard and the sail on the foredeck.
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>>>>> Cheers,
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>>>>> Hugh
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