[Public-List] furling gear and spinnaker halyard

Fri Jun 24 08:45:17 PDT 2016

Hello Hernan, 

I do; will send tonight when I'm back in my hotel.   It looks a little industrial; but its small and strong... And when it's 36' up in the air it just looks like a little shiny thing ...

G

On 2016-06-24, at 11:40 AM, Hernán Scarnichia <hernanscar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gordon,
> Do you have any pics that you could post of your custom crane?
> How did you attach it to the mast head?
> Hernan
> 
> On Jun 24, 2016 6:41 AM, "Gordon Laco via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> I built a spin halyard crane for Surprise's halyard.  Holds halyard block a few inches forward of the stay as is more normal in other classes. Works very well.
>> 
>> Gord 426 Surprise.
>> 
>> On 2016-06-24, at 10:34 AM, via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > When we raced J Bergquist's Calliope with a racing Genoa on the foil, we led the spin halyard around the backside of the port side spreader, to a loop attached to the base of the turnbuckle. We could tension it up after cleaning up upwind. We never rolled the jib during sail changes.
>> >
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > Michael J. Meinhold
>> > meinhold272 at gmail.com / 301 852 0619
>> >
>> >> On Jun 24, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Charles,
>> >>
>> >> A halyard that is parallel to the forestay is in danger of being wrapped
>> >> around the forestay by a roller furler.
>> >> The forces can be great enough to break the forestay as Kris related
>> >> above.  From what I've read, it appears
>> >> that the halyard should be angled of 5 to 10 degrees aft from the stay
>> >> starting at the top swivel.  The "restrainer"
>> >> should be attached to mast in order to achieve that angle.
>> >>
>> >> Brion Toss writes "A furler's halyard swivel is a wonderful device,
>> >> enabling you to adjust halyard tension, even if the sail is furled. But it
>> >> is also a tremendous Achilles heel, the source of the majority of the
>> >> furler problems we see in our shop. For example, if the halyard leads too
>> >> close to the foil, and especially if the halyard is slack, it can get
>> >> caught up on the foil while you are setting or furling the sail. This is
>> >> the terrible "halyard wrap" that can make it impossible for the furler to
>> >> rotate, or for the sail to go up or down. And it can damage or destroy the
>> >> foil, the wire, and the halyard. Accordingly, every manufacturer that has a
>> >> halyard swivel is extremely emphatic on proper halyard lead and tension, as
>> >> well as optimal swivel height. Particulars vary, but the general idea is to
>> >> have the top of the swivel just a few inches below the top of the foil, and
>> >> to have the halyard angled slightly aft from the swivel. Profurl handles
>> >> both these details with their "Wrapstop", a Darth-Vader-Helmet-like object
>> >> that clamps onto the top of the stay. Other manufacturers use "halyard
>> >> restrainers" that clamp to the face of the mast, though increasingly spar
>> >> builders are finally getting around to positioning jib halyard sheaves for
>> >> an optimal furler lead, without the need for a restrainer."  (
>> >> www.briontoss.com/education/archive/miscnov03.htm)
>> >>
>> >> Didnt see that the make of the roller furler is mentioned.   Constance has
>> >> a Furlex.   Page 23 of the Furlex manual talks about the restrainer.
>> >> (sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/0/0b/Furlex_200S_Furler.pdf)
>> >>
>> >> Jonathan
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Kris Coward via Public-List <
>> >> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Put a halyard restrainer on the front of the mast to help keep the jib
>> >>> and spin halyards clear enough of each other to keep this problem at
>> >>> bay. I figured this one out the hard way (by breaking the forestay with
>> >>> (jib) halyard wrap before putting the restrainer on--fortunately I was
>> >>> able to rig up the spare halyard as an emergency forestay before the rig
>> >>> got any ideas about falling over).
>> >>>
>> >>> -Kris
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 03:39:13PM -0400, charles pleisse via Public-List
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>> Sookie has a spinnaker and most of the associated gear.  It all seems to
>> >>> be
>> >>>> original to the boat.  Furling gear was installed in the mid 80's.  I
>> >>>> believe the spinnaker hasn't been used since.  I discovered why last
>> >>> year.
>> >>>> As many of you probably know, the spinnaker halyard interferes with the
>> >>>> upper parts of the furling gear.  Is there any way to rig a spinnaker
>> >>>> halyard on an original mast head that will not interfere with the furler?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Charles Pleisse
>> >>>> Sookie #221
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