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Re: pole topping lift location
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04/26/00 10:52 PM
04/26/00 10:52 PM
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Alan - Maybe either my question or my understanding of what is being done wasn't clear. I assumed that with the lines always attached to the chute that it wasn't possible to dog down the forward hatch. If that's the case, then on the upwind (not downwind) leg you must occasionally get water over the deck and consequently down the hatch. My crew's experience has never let them believe me when I tell them the J is a "dry boat". If the hatch can be dogged down with either lines sticking through into the boat or chute corners hanging out through the hatch, isn't it hard on the lines and/or the chute? Or am I just missing the whole point and all lines are disconnected?
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Re: pole topping lift location
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05/01/00 12:40 PM
05/01/00 12:40 PM
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D. Bartley
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We also have a cleat on the mast for the spin halyard, and never take it back to the halyard stopper in the cockpit. The compainway bag we use on Planxty is just a square spinnaker bag North happens to be using lately. It's magically the perfect size! I'm sure that wasn't really planned Re-pack the chute? Detach sheets? No need for either! What comes down must go up (well, most of the time at least). We never have to send someone below to re-pack. Stuff the chute into the bag, leave everything attached, and set right from the companionway. The crew stays up on the rail (where they belong).
Dennis Bartley Planxty, s/n 23994 hull 205
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Re: pole topping lift location
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05/22/00 01:06 PM
05/22/00 01:06 PM
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Just an update on the topping lift cleat on the mast idea. In the current issue of Latitude 38 (a Left Coast freebie sailing mag), there was a suggestion to install the Harken cleat "upside down" on the mast above the topping lift exit. That way the foredeck/mast person can control the lift while putting up and/or taking down the pole. Then when the cockpit crew is ready to control the pole, all they have to do is pull on the topping lift, it pops out of the cleat, and they have control in the cockpit. We tried it this Spring when rigging the boat and it works great. Sometimes you just have to slap yourself upside the head and say "why didn't I think of that?" The only caution is that Latitude 38 recommends that your exit plate be the kind with rollers above and below the line so that when you pull up it doesn't chafe.
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