[Rhodes22-list] Update on IMF outhaul/furling running rigging changes made over the winter

[Jesse Shumaker]

Hi Peter, thanks for the notes.  Like you said, I prefer the technique of
having the lines run to the cabin top compared to the dancing boom.  I left
the cleats under the boom attached and I'll keep your tips in mind if I
need to lower the boom while under sail.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 8:10 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Jesse,
>
> I furl the main the same way you show in the video, by pulling down and
> back under the boom, then cleating off using the cam-cleat on the cabin
> top.  I guess the line takes too many turns for pulling from the cabin top
> to work effectively.  I still find it easier than having to cleat off on a
> dancing boom.
>
> One aspect of this approach for running outhaul and furling lines that
> really didn’t hit home until after I’d done it was the impact it has on
> being able to raise or lower the boom.
>
> When the outhaul and furling lines are cleated to the boom, it can be
> raised or lowered without affecting how the main is furled.  Everything
> moves as a unit.  With the outhaul and furling line cleated at the cabin
> top, if you lower the boom, you immediately introduce slack into both
> lines.  Once I realized this, I reattached cleats to the boom, so that when
> I want to raise or lower the boom (which I don’t do often), I can shift the
> cleating points from the cabin top to the boom temporarily.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On May 21, 2021, at 5:56 PM, Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Question for Peter: do you pull straight back on the IMF Furling line ran
> > to the cabin top, or do you try a similar approach to what I illustrated
> in
> > the video?  Just curious.
> >
> >
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
> >
>
>