[Rhodes22-list] Tangent Topping Lift Question

[Hank]

While we are on the topic of topping lifts, how do most of your run the free
end of the topping lift?  With the way the sheave is situated, it comes out
inside the mast and I am afraid of it getting wraped up in the main.

Actually this happened once and we had to drop the mast to fix it.  Since
then, I have run some rigging tape around the mast below the sheave and the
topping lift now goes outside of that so that it stays away from the
furler.

Hank


On 3/7/08, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>
> We are going to be relocating our topping lift. Is there anyone who
> has done this and has an attachment system they are particularly pleased
> with?
>
> Background: We have two sheaves at the masthead. One will be
> spinnaker (Doyle UPS) halyard. The other will be the jib/genoa
> halyard to go with the new Schaefer Snap-Furl furling unit. This
> means an alternate arrangement will have to be found for the topping
> lift. We adjust the topping lift a lot - at anchor to raise the boom,
> when furling the main, when lowering the mast etc. so we want to
> retain the ease of adjustment we now have.
>
> We have thought about putting a block on the side of the mast but
> real estate up there looks a little tight. We have thought about
> dead-ending the topping lift at the masthead and running it through a
> block at the boom end but this seems like it might not adjust as well.
>
> Does anyone have experience with either of these approaches? Has
> anyone come up with another solution? Are there fittings you would
> suggest? Do you have pictures? I am looking for some experience
> rather than conjecture unless the conjecture includes part numbers or
> a different approach entirely.
>
> Note to Ed: I did search the archives. This was discussed on the list
> in 2003 with Roger Pihlaja writing about dead-ending the topping lift
> but the discussion quickly moved to a discussion of mounting for a
> whisker pole and there was not any further discussion of how the
> topping lift was attached or how well it worked. I think Mark Kaynor
> also did this but Mark and Julie are off cruising (last heard from in
> the Bahamas).
>
> To everyone else: Thanks in advance.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
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