RE: Mutiny prevention
Eric Johnson (ej@tx3.com)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:50:17 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> After nearly falling overboard last weekend while hauling up the
> mainsail, my deckhand said some very unladylike things and
> threatened mutiny unless the mainsail halyard gets run back to
> the cockpit very soon.
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> In that regard, a Harken catalog diagram suggests the only
> hardware needed is a small halyard lead block (their #1986 or
> similar) near the mast base (starboard side); a cheek block to
> reroute the halyard around the sliding hatch cover; and a cleat
> for a tie off. Assume the existing halyard is too short and would
> also need to be replaced. Am I missing something here, or is
> that all there is to it?
There's no rocket science to this, and you may come up with a better method
than the rest of us. What I currently have is a vertical turning blocks on
the cabintop near either side of the base of the mast, which leads the lines
aft at about 45 degree angles, to cheek blocks, which turn the lines totally
aft, to cleats at the after edge of the cabintop. You can just make out the
main halyard setup up
http://www.tx3.com/~ej/flathead/vicsl1.jpg
and
http://www.tx3.com/~ej/flathead/vicsl3.jpg
I've recently gotten on a bit of a 'simplification' kick, and might replace
the four turning blocks with their sixteen holes with single blocks on
either side of the mast (attached to the mast itself) running straight to
the existing cleats over the area where the hatch slides when it is open.
