[Public-List] Topping lifts

[Gordon Laco]

We've got SURPRISE's lift rigged the same way yours is.  I like this because
the lift can be adjusted whatever point of sail the yacht is on... This is
important when reefing.   A lift rigged this way is also an emergency main
halyard - we've used it once in a race when the regular halyard pulled it's
nicropress.  We yanked the sail down, changed to the lift then hauled it
back up so quickly most of our competitors didn't notice we'd had a problem.

Gord #426 Surprise


On 25/03/12 8:47 PM, "Amy & David Swanson" <zira at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> My 1967 pre-liner boat has a topping lift that attaches to the end of the
> boom, goes up over a hanging block at the top of the mast, then comes back
> down to a cleat at the base of the mast.  This means one needs to be
> standing at the mast to adjust it.  I was thinking of changing the boom end
> so that there is a block on the end of the line coming down from the top of
> the mast, with a line from the end of the boom up over the block, and back
> down to a cleat on the end of the boom.  This would give me some mechanical
> advantage, allow me to adjust the boom from the cockpit, and is a common set
> up on other boats.  Has anyone else used this set up?  Anything to look out
> for?  Thanks!
> 
> David Swanson
> Strayaway Child
> Alberg 30 #229 
> 
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