Posted by Lorman, Alvin J. (ajlorman@…>)
I’ve rigged a downhaul on the jib of my F30 and I’m very happy it. Couldn’t be simpler: 1/4" line tied to the head, down to a small block attached to the base of the bow pulpit, then back to the cockpit via Spinlock roller furling line leads. It ends at a nylon cleat attached to the pushpit, so it never actually adds to the spaghetti in the cockpit.
Never tried it for the main and now that I have a Tides Marine Strong Track, I don’t need it.
Al Lorman
F30 Ab Initio
-----Original Message-----From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rick_simondsSent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:30 PMTo: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: [freedomyachts2003] Has anyone tried sail downhauls?I’m kicking around the idea of rigging downhauls on my F32’s main and jib. I almost never have real crew, I tend to sail with un-knowledgeable (but really enjoyable) people. I’d like to be able to get both sails all the way down, absolutely singlehanded, from the cockpit. I’m thinking a light line from the head of each sail, down through the hanks or shackles on the luff, through a small turning block then back to the cockpit.I’ll play with it in the next few weeks but I’m wondering if anyone has tried it and can tell me where the trapdoors are.Did you find it was worth the trouble and the added cockpit spaghetti?I’ve also heard of Dave Beirig having some sort of downhaul design for his Camberspar jib. Has anyone seen one or know anything about it?
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