[Public-List] Topping lifts

[John Riley]

Hi David,

Are your halyards led to the mast or led aft?  If cleated on the mast,
you have to go there anyway.

For a data point, my lift is rigged as you describe yours is presently. 
I don't worry about changing it since my halyards are on the mast, not
led aft.

Amy & David Swanson 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


-- 
John S. Riley
S/V Gaelic Sea
1972 Alberg 30 #521


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